she saw it, perched on the tree
outside her bedroom window.
its dark non-reflective eyes
stared at her, piercing her soul.
she stared back at it,
hoping it would look away
and fly off for good,
but it did not move,
nor did it turn its gaze.
suddenly,
the non-reflective eyes began changing to reflective
and within the depths of the now reflective dark eyes
she saw something that made her curious.
for a while she thought
she had imagined it
but it happened again,
the raven tilted its head
continuing to stare at her
as if beckoning her
and then all of a sudden
it spread its wings and flew off the tree,
circling near her house,
waiting for her to follow.
she fell on the floor,
unconscious
and her soul surged forward
and followed the raven
flying high into the night sky.
hours later
she woke up in her room
with severe headache.
she massaged her temples and cursed.
a sudden wave of fear washed through her body
fear, and something else.
she rushed to the bathroom
and vomited in the commode.
she fell back on her knees
and waited for another wave of nausea
but it did not come.
thankfully, the headache was gone.
She stood up
and walked to the basin to wash her face
and froze.
a different person stared back at her.
he remembered seeing a raven
perched on the tree outside his bedroom window.
the non-reflective eyes staring at him
and then non-reflectiveness being replaced by reflective
he had clearly seen a face staring back at him
from inside the reflective pupil of the raven.
she had beautiful dark brown eyes which stared at him,
her mouth open in curiosity,
the mouth he desired to kiss.
the desire took over,
and he could think of nothing else.
everything around him blurred
and he felt weightless
he felt her presence in his room
not really there, yet there.
he moved to kiss her,
his lips inches away from hers
she is not here, he told himself
but -
the next moment her lips touched his
soft and wet,
he opened his mouth
and let her tongue in
and the next moment
he collapsed on the floor
unconscious.
Now, as he woke up,
he had severe headache
he rushed to the bathroom
to vomit in the commode
and then wash his face
only to see the same girl with beautiful eyes
staring back at him,
the curiosity replaced
at first by fear and then recognition.
she recognised the face
she had seen this man before
the reflection of whose
stared back at her.
she vaguely remembered
the soft touch of his lips
and her fingers moved over her own
she felt the lingering wetness
and the taste of his breath
as her tongue had entered his mouth
to meet with his tongue
in a sensual dance.
her body reacted to the memories
and she wanted to feel him
near her, in her.
her thoughts were interrupted
by the kraa of the raven
and an apparition appeared in her bedroom.
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