I heard you before I saw you. Run. Feet on the ground, pulse in the air I catch the panic hiding there You think a corner makes you safe I taste the tremor in the space The room has turned into a track Your body knows I’m at your back Don’t look for mercy in my grin The hunt begins beneath the skin Move faster Breathe harder Give the fear a rhythm Run until I taste you Run until you know Every little heartbeat Tells me where to go Run until I claim you Run until you shake I don’t need your surrender I can hear it break I like the chase before the bite The sweat, the stumble, sudden flight The sound you make when instinct wins The sharp confession under skin Not cruelty, not empty rage A living dance without a cage You flee because you want the thrill I follow because I know you will Ha! Run! Ha! Turn! Ha! Fall! Mine! There is a truth beneath your fear A wild little yes I hear Not spoken clean, not dressed in pride But beating hot and loud inside I am the breath behind your neck The drum that makes your reason wreck The final step, the closing sound The mouth that brings the chase to ground Run until I taste you Run until you know Every little heartbeat Tells me where to go Run until I claim you Run until you shake I don’t need your surrender I can hear it break Good prey. Again.
