The Knock
The Knock
by Marsha Marie
I hear a knock at the door.
I roll my eyes. Another solicitor, I thought.
I gently look thru the peephole and see no one there.
But I hear a whisper.
Open. Open.
Who are you? I say. I need nothing today.
Open. Open. The whisper increases.
Look inside and you will know who I am.
No. No. I want nothing today. ....Well, maybe just a touch. Just a feeling of warmth against my body. But you cannot. I cannot.
Open. Open. The whisper snickers. You invited me over. Why else would I have come?
I wonder who I so unknowingly beckoned? Is it my lover that I have been longing for?
Open. Open and find out.
I stretch out my hand and turn the nob. My heart is racing. I open the door just enough to peek.
His scent rushes in as a whirl and envelops me, and I begin to fall.
Deeper and deeper. A sensual purple dances around me. The whisper booms thru my body and my heart saying:
I am here. I love you. I will never leave you again.