he purrs
while watching
preying
on this new desire
pupils blow
irises into deepest black
consuming anticipation
fills the body

pressure is the trigger
unleashing his claws
clinkering
seductively
along the marble floor

the monster unravels
breaks him free
from the meat suit
to charge
for Doe stumbling
through the dark

this demonic beast
befalls the innocent

when he slays it
opens pale, soft skin
there is one moment
his pulse ceases
he stills

eyes awaiting
then turn hopeless

he growls
watches
the lifeless mantle
melt into a puddle of red
revealing the death
not any monstrosity
familiarity
it just fades

with a pain stained howl
the beast collapses
shatters
falls into himself
leaving behind nothing but
serene
misguided
quiet

then a shadows grows
thicker
darker
until
with a wicked intake of breath
the broken man
is reborn

returned into the dungeon
of the own mind

he
chooses to remain
innocently insane
to recuperate
from his miserable fate
of the demonic being
he turned himself into

KH