Daughter of the Night

Like a sip from a clear ice water stream,
you await me with outstretched arms.
Teeth sparkle, perfect smile, eyes agleam.
Daughter of the night I need you.

Your magic and passion are mine to crave,
sometimes dreams, sometimes nightmarish charms.
Needs and desires wash over me in a wave.
Daughter of the night I need you.

The cold water engulfs me, fails to quench,
the heat of my flush-faced desire.
Less than a lady, more than a wench,
daughter of the night I need you.

I am not sure where my reality resides.
I don't want to awaken if this is the dream,
a drowning man seduced by mermaid's deadly tides.
Daughter of the night I need you.