Dinner

Breathing in the decay I paused with trepidation As a chill crept upon me tonight Odourous and thick A suffocating feel of nothingness devoid of light The claws they were jagged and bitingly cold As they circled around my neck The slow caress as he lifted me high to look... to see... to... I am not sure... I was left dangling in pause as he took stock of me; up and down. He lowered my body to the base of a tree Gone when he swirled around. The gravel did groan And fly out of place as the grass bent in the wind But gone he was, clawed stench to beyond A world, a realm, an abyss. My neck was inflamed Choking me again as I sat unable to move. And through the shadows a terror did 'rang' eyes glued to focus through. Mist, it had settled, opaque undefined.. swirling became obtuse And then jagged lines crossed though the pale to exact the flesh it should Warmth aflow, in my neck it did stow, the claws from the start of the tale Return with might to hide the sight of the monster on the trail. The smooth caress as he lifted me high and drank from the bones in my neck I watched from the sidelines a shimmering mist as my life was reduced to this.