I lay bleeding,
Damaged on the sidewalk,
Think black blood pooling around me,
A shadow looms over me,
Silently,
Menacingly,
My assailant smiles,
I'm not dead,
Not yet,
It wouldn't want that,
Red piercing eyes,
It sees right through me,
It need not ask,
It need not feel,
Already it deeply reveals,
My every thought,
Every emotion,
Read,
Memorized,
Analyzed,
It calculates,
It knows,
As soon as my wounds heal,
It grows,
SLASH,
I bleed again,
Once more,
It smiles,
Black surface,
Darker than night,
Darker than shadow,
Blacker than a black hole,
Swallowing not only light,
But warmth,
Comfort,
My nemesis knows me well,
Too well,
I reach for my only defense,
A gun holstered beneath my coat,
Warm from my heart,
I shoot,
I miss,
I should damn my kindness,
But alas,
I don't
