AWAKENING

Opening my eyes, I found only darkness.
I attempted to move, my body lay still.
I had  no memories, only a void.
My mind was fuzzy, a gray haze.
Where was I?  What I had I done?

Strangely though, the blackness comforted me,
Caressing me with its soft ebony fingers.
Struggling to stay alert and not fall under its spell, 
I tried to grasp any memory, any straw, 
But found only an empty vacuum

A hand slowly caressed my forehead.
Its touch was cold but somehow comforting.
Yet, its owner's identity still eluded me.
Then, a voice whispered softly, almost silently,
"Embrace me.  Embrace the darkness."

The sound of your voice unlocked my mind.
Memories of orbs of azure blue,
Of flashing white pearl, then nothing.
"LaCroix, O Vampire Master,
What have I allowed you to do."

"I have done nothing, you did not desire,"
You murmured as your lips brush my check.
My eyes fluttered open to reveal your soft smile.
Once again, I was lost in a tarn of azure blue.
You lifted me up, holding me in your arms.

"Now, my fledgling," you softly said,
Rising and cradling me in your arms.
"It is time to eat, time to learn,
Time to embrace the darkness in you."
A sound of rushing wind and we were gone.

Joni Latham
Aug 1997


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