>   If my memory serves { and that is questionable ;}
> }
> this is my 6th poem.  I got to thinking one night
> what
> it must have been like for Nick to deny himself all
> that power and freedom and love.  This is what came
> to
> me.  Nick and companions do not belong to me, they
> belong to Sony and no copyright infringement is
> intended.  "Dance of Denial" written by Phylis
> Sullivan 07/25/2001.
> 
> 
> 
>                         Dance of Denial
> > >
> > >                        For so long,
> > >                      I have denied
> > >                        who I am...
> > >                        what I am.
> > >
> > >                   Denied the feelings,
> > >                        of power...
> > >                        of freedom,
> > >             the pleasure of an endless night.
> > >
> > >                  Centuries of torment,
> > >                       as I tried,
> > >                    in so many ways,
> > >                to deny the beast within.
> > >
> > >                 It has become a dance...
> > >                   A Dance of Denial.
> > >
> > >                         And now...
> > >                       another dance ,
> > >                       another denial.
> > >                    As I desperately try,
> > >                          to stop
> > >                    the feelings of love,
> > >                        of desire,
> > >                        that grow
> > >                  every time I am near her.
> > >
> > >                         No more!
> > >               It is time for the Dance to end.
> > >                       To accept who
> > >                       and what I am.
> > >                  To fulfill the love and
> > >                   desire I have for her.
> > >
> > >                   No matter what happens,
> > >                     the Dance will end.
> >
> > Comments appreciated and please enjoy, as I did in
> writing it.
>   Phylis, N&Npacker, Knightie, Dark Knightie
> Stonetree: "People are just going crazy over this
> vampire thing."
> >