Shelter

Let the spider live

it is tired and cold

it has escaped

from the mundane

from dripping rain

Though it does frighten me

Dark

Large

Elongated limbs

Defying gravity

Gripping my wall

Somehow

There is a strange comfort

in knowing that I give it shelter

If not forever

for now

Away from death

Away from all things ready

To devour

To kill

To annihilate

On the other side of this locked door

Things that I despise as well

Let it stay to weave a web

In silence

Today

We shall rest

Together