Written by Lily from Shadow Medicine (Renn Frost 4/4/2018)
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Rik arrives like thunder,
or slips in on gentle breezes,
to tickle at my feet.
"How neat!" he thinks,
or seems to, staring at the toes,
or walls, or the broccoli on my plate.
Rik will vanish,
just as he came,
unless I hold his gaze.
Blue, blue gaze.
Ultramarine.
Ultrasaccarine.
Rik is made of shadow,
brilliant in the dark,
with no hands, no feet,
and an odd sort of bark.
From the start he followed me,
knowing I could See,
keeping good company
with Peeps, and Bawg,
and the ladies in the trees.
Rik makes himself at home,
bothers Mother's spells,
and helps Papa in the gardens.
Black like sunlight,
friend and water born;
his teeth are razor knives.
Oh.
Did I forget to mention?
Rik is an Eater of Demons.
