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poe38: HUNTRESS OF THE HEART

The shady glen cloaks my shadows
Down to the waters edge where the cat fish sally in the shallows;
My feral eyes shall seek you out
Scan for you in the thronging crowd
My olfactory glands on high alert
To track the scent of your deceitful heart
In the illuminated magnification of the contrast
Between you the civilised and uncouth us !
The grand suppressive tenure of your domination
Did not weary me of my wild instinct
That perseveres beyond the trial of survival jostling conscience ;
Has not stripped me of my sharp lucidness
Or lacerated feelings cohabiting with bitter ingress .
I notice you falter in your stride
As you walk my land , my territory with pride
But my nimble coloured limbs are subtle
That no longer playfully stalk you - we're no longer a couple .
The hunter is the hunted
The rules reversed , I am dreaded ,
For this heart beats with raw courage
Of a magnitude you've not learned to manage
So your ilk and you interpret it as blind stupidity
Condemned me and offered no clemency or humility
That defines the dramatic difference of the irony
And the paradox of death and mercy .
In my reverent conviction of skill
I search for you the kill .
The pace increases , I hear the arterial overtone of blood gush
That blends with the driven breeze through the concrete bush .
Instinct anticipatingly transcribes the concept
Of your every prescribed precept
I think on my fleeting feet
You have to stop to analyse the bearings of deceit.
You run as fast as I let you
In the stealth of my simple sublimity .
The recant comes too late
I taste the scent of blood
That strains the ordered anarchy
The course is devoid of a decoy to mark the path falsely
Subtle sensory diction guides me
I am right beside you as you flee !
Nothing screens your distinguishing lines
Grim capitulation grasps you , your strength declines
In the opaque obscurity of fear
You stand on the edge of a precipice near
Vulnerable , exposed and trapped the oyster reveals the pearl
For me a muscular beating heart around which my claws curl
Intermediary feeling of past affection momentarily intervenes
Then recedes as the chase convenes
Balancing precariously I watch you falter and list
The hunt ends the poignant emotional complexity of the protagonist
That polarise the component of the historic panorama
Where plays out life's faux pas in my melodrama
Recounting pitilessly the consequence of historic action
In the coordination of Fate's mastication
Housed in the confinement of my mandibles
Warm blood floods the buccal chamber and over my lip dribbles
Your plea of committal fell on deaf ears
It is only the beating of my heart that my ear hears
Vehmently someone will proclaim you a victim , who knows ?
All's fair in love and war , the rule of thumb and the wild , that's the way life goes !

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