A poem for your perusal perhaps?

Question

VISITOR IN THE NIGHT

Reader dear, if you will hearken,

a hellish tale I shall relate.

Each and ev'ry word consider,

For in their story lies my fate.

One night, while vainly seeking sleep,

I heard a sound within my room,

and slowly opening my eyes

I pierced the near-stygian gloom.

A fearful sight confronted me;

O reader, how can I convey

the scene that met my startled eyes -

a scene that haunts me to this day?

A figure clothed in black I saw,

it lurked mere inches from my bed.

A vision from the vaults of h**l!

My quaking heart was filled with dread.

I lay quite still - no sound I made

'though all the while I longed to scream,

but I held back my cries of fear

with hope 'twas all an idle dream.

And then, with stealth, I pinched myself

with fervent pray'r my head would clear,

but, alas, 'twas no vain fancy,

the image did not disappear.

Answer 1

I Am as one might say, Gob smacked.

Not very lady like I know.

This must be one of the best I have read, on Here. Are you sure your you?

Answer 2

Hey, now you're talking. Has it been printed? Seems familiar. You're not just copying stuff out of books, I hope.

Answer 3

Job well done! I didn't want to stop reading, i even got a little afraid. But that's whats so great about it. I have NEVER read a poem like that!