With a rabid snarling maw
frothing with bloodlust,
and long skeletal claws
digging into the wooden floor,
pulling up gashes of fiber.
Eyes pierced through her own
like daggers trying to chill her to the bone.
But she could not be bothered
with this dramatic fanfare of threats.
She was too exhausted,
her skin felt as if it was wilting off her bones.
Her muscles throbbed with each heart beat
as blood pulsed through her veins.
But the physical pain was nothing
compared to the war of her mind
and the storm of her heart.
Her sigh exposed every unspoken feeling
raging inside her.
His lust for violence faltered.
In the stretched silence
only her heart break could be heard
and he realized
he was not the only monster threatening her.
The ones she was fighting inside
were much deadlier.