Time Is Up

Its dark, i cant see
In this park,  its just me
A wrong turn and I'm lost wandering
Was too deep in thought just pondering

There's no one around its dead quiet
Pitch black at night, total silent

I feel the cold of a beasts stare
From the shadows it's everywhere

teeth that'll tear through bone and muscle
Eyes that glow at night
Gotta pick up the pace and hustle
Theres no way to stand and fight

It's cunning trot is getting nearer
Try to focus my eyes to see clearer

It's large I can feel the steps on the ground
It's quick, I hear it moving around

It's stench is unmistakably evil
It's intentions are unmistakably devil

Like a bullets release, it's come
Now I know where it's coming from

No fight, just flee
At night, just me
What kind of god can let this be

Try to run, feet are frozen 
My final moments, right now, I've been chosen

It's gaining speed
It's got one need
To feed

My first step weighs a ton
Step after step, one by one

Pick up the pace
Or it's my last race

It's coming
The fear is numbing 

It's got no emotion
Beg for my life?
It wouldn't consider the notion

It doesn't wanna hear me plead
It just wants to make me bleed

Start to run
I'm thinking
This is no fun
I'm sinking

Like running in soup
I can't recoup

The speed I had as a kid
Wishing I could remove a lid

Of a can of whoop ass
On this beast but its too fast

It's breath is on my back
I can feel it
Everything's still pitch black
I can’t see it

One more step, and I'm weightless
Picked up twenty feet off the ground
This part is when I'm helpless

I land hard like a truck, and I'm stuck

It's weight on my back
Ready to attack

Face down
On the ground
The only sound 
Is the sound
Of this beast 
of a hound
With its feast
That it has found

Why am I awake for this?
Why must I be the only witness?

To these teeth ripping me to a shred
This beast wished me dead

No pain. just the pressure of fate
If anyone came now, it'd be too late

Acceptance is my only mechanism
This is how I die, no more skepticism

As my mind goes, my life passes
My loves, my losses, my contributions
It all passes

The last thought through my mind; this time

The beast that easily destroyed me
Will destroy you, you'll see

Because this beast has a name in this rhyme
The beasts name
Is time

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