Lay your head across my lap,
Worries banished.
Enveloped in my aura,
Or my witchcraft.
Safe from other demons like me.
Cryptids in the dark.
Here,
I am human.
Reduced.
Mirroring you.
Playing pretend,
A role that I am very good at.
Stroking your hair,
As the night grows long,
Sleep takes us both.