Night

Duplicitous deceiver,
two-faced fraud,
you promise to envelop us
in soothing serenity,
rock us gentle
with cooling breezes,
kiss us to sleep
like a doting new mother,
but in your power
is to lead us to traps
set by gargoyle demons
privy to dark secrets
of our souls,
lurking by day,
unleashed to roam
under your watch,
and as we lay ourselves
down to sleep
we wonder which of those
faces you might show.