Monster

MONSTER

Every day i hear the monster growling through this town.
Every day it's just a common occurrence that I've grown to accept.
I fear it, for I know it can destroy me, dragging me to its lair.
Yet, it fascinates me.
Everyday I wake up and it occupies my thoughts.
Sometimes I even work up the courage to face it head on.
To simply catch a glimpse of the Beast that could ruin me.
Day after day i've walked the path it travels.
Day after day, I've tempted the Fates by doing so.
And yet every time I hear it's menacing growling;
Every time i feel the rumbling of the great creature beneath my feet;
Every time I can almost feel it's hot breath on the nape of my neck;
I run.
Fear consumes me.
I watch from the brush as it barrels past me on its way.
Oblivious to the life it had almost taken.
One day I will face this monster, head on.
One day the rumbling will have no affect on my body.
One day it's growls will not terrify me so.
One day it will consume me, and I will be no more.
One day I will let the monster take me.
One day...