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 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 to 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