The Hunter or the Prey....or neither?

[immortalshadow]

As the blade is slowly pulled out from the skin, and the blood forms pools on the the leaves; the world starts to become slightly clear through the blanket of fog, and not to far from me I can see headstones. Clearly I read the names on them as everything grows quiet in the world around me. But there is one. One that is empty. Either recently empty or waiting for arrival. And there is no name yet. Only the word EXIT. Sounds again. Thunder rolls in the distance. Something near calls out in a blood curdling wail. The stench in the air becomes heavy as sweat starts to drip from my brow. Is this the end? Or is it the beginning? Without panic I sense something, just beyond reach. I can feel through what emotions I have not severed. I close my eyes and focus on everything around me...the fly on the bark, the crow perched on a headstone, an owl hooting in a nearby stump, a snake slithering in the mud, and even a wolf chewing on the carcass of a leftover prey. I can sense it so near...but neither my eyes or mind can figure out where it is, or how close. What is the intent here? I lick my lips and smile. Ah yes. Is it what I think it is? Or is it who I think it is? This meal I have brought here to feast on is still warm. Shall this be for desert or pleasure? Cant control this primal instinct. What have I become? A swell of rage, anger and hate take over. Rain starts to fall as the thunder gets louder. WHY? Not this again. I thought I had control, but quickly I revert. WHY? I thought I could be alone and feast! WHY? Has this happened? WHY? Have I been cursed by a God? WHY? Does this always happen? WHY? WHY? WHY? My heart starts to race, blood is every where. EVERY WHERE! Its falling from the sky like rain! Did I black out for a minute or two? Something grabs me, and I spin to see my attacker...and all I see is a shadow. Nothing more. My heart is about to explode in my chest. Air is getting heavy again. So hard to breathe. I look around searching for an answer to my dilemma...whatever that may be. My kill is gone...MINE it was mine! Nevermind that now. And then I stop. Time stops. The world for one complete second freezes. The same headstone that said EXIT on it now says something new. Is that a name? But....I never....

So I laugh. And yet I laugh....

And then....

Pitch Black darkness once again....