Hands, dripping
Crimson, racing through the night
Animal, inhuman
Blood, vile blood
Of a creature’s slaughter
Consumes me
Black twigs spawn teeth
Clawing, scraping
And howls of drowning
Screams, Is that my name?
Can’t remember
So faint… fading
Twisting, wrenching, turning
Laughter bracing
In the hideous eyes
Snakes rearing
Burning, hissing, slithering
By moonlight
Pale, cold moonlight
But nothing attacks
Just branches and vines
Swaying gently
Blowing in the wind
