Tarantula

	Deep in the shadows of your deepest secrets
	I sleep next to the precepts you hold most dear
	Your heart is in my province hour upon hour
	I shiver when you feel the cold,
	Everything you say I hear
	Like a bomb and its fuse,
	We bring bright light
	But I could be a devil to you
	I could bite like a tarantula
	Right through the skin
	And leave my poison dripping
	Deliciously unsuspecting
	Protecting you from all harm
	Except perhaps from these arms
	That hold you