A Decayed Creature

I can see those eyes

that creature

mangy, broken

but vicious, fuelled by wounds inflicted

when last we met


Prowling with a snarl

No killer,

nothing so clean

nothing so final

though in the chase there may be wounds

scratches and scars

their mark more than their pain

or just the source of it


Embarrassing,

to see the mongrel skulking


The Beast

The Darkness,

delusions of grandeur for a scabeous mutt

a lie to make warriors

or martyrs

rather than the reality of easy prey


Not cowards

not weak

but those slavering jaws have their fit

around your throat

and in your gut


So kill Lions and Tigers

climb and dive

unafraid


The rat bastard,

the diseased,

the rabid

and decayed creature

can still bring you down


No killer here,

nothing so clean

nothing so final


Just a deluded scabeous mutt

who can scar

but never kill

unless you fall in the chase


Image by Ajgiel


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Published on December 19, 2014 08:53
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