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
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