Spotted

I spot the seeking eyes Curiosity in the one Utter savagery in the other The paws geared to pounce The claws unsheathed to slice Staring, admiring, petrified all at once Frozen still, choking stiff Stealth I’m like a deer caught in the headlights Waiting for the inevitable strike Her nostrils smell my fear She encroaches ever closer Ever so slowly A near crawl ever so softly Ever so silently I’m beginning to think that maybe she’s not there Maybe this is all an illusion Her spots hypnotised my mind Already defeated, I’m numb Her movements broken by light and grass I heard a sound like the cry of a soul in her purr And saw the screams of darkness in her spots Echoed through her weaponized fangs Even her growl’s camouflaged Acoustic like bones cracking, like twigs breaking In her powerful breath of decay Spotted cowering like a spotted hyena Spotted hiding I spot her shadow Aloof, vision proof Spotted preying Gone in a flash