Hunted

Awakened bewildered Beneath a blackened calloused sky A single star glistens As cold creeps in as icy knives With a flash of intuition Feeling something, a dark presence Neck hairs standing, lungs constricting Suddenly my will to live is engaged Festering, this sickness Corrupting, consciousness Deep within this darkness Is unrelenting shame On the run, avoidance But getting nowhere, evasion The guilt within my soul takes shape Shadows casted on distant walls Torches flicker, playing tricks This unmarked road gives no comfort But it's all that's left This cavern echoing Alone but not for long My heartbeat, it quickens With the urge run Slithering black tendrils Coiling, such hatred Deep within this darkness Is unrelenting shame On the run, avoidance But getting nowhere, evasion The guilt within takes shape and births regret Growling, howling, threatening me Feral beasts sent to punish me I feel them chasing now, nipping at my heels Regret looms closer now, thoughts of forfeited safety The mountains made from hills, the perception of repressions Don't seem so awful now, don't seem so awful now --- Hunted - Alustrium