2 Mar 2014

Predator

Big cats stalked
through childhood dreams;
they gave chase,
and I...
ran to climb trees.

My adult mind sneers.
"Lions? Imagination!"

Fearsome beasts hunt me still,
through those nights
when sleep is so unkind
as to leave me conscious
while being eaten.


 Written for The Mag With thanks to Tess and Henri Rousseau.
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20 comments:

  1. Other Mary2 March 2014 at 19:11

    Oh Jinksy - that is rather harrowing!

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  2. ariverflowsby2 March 2014 at 19:32

    often wondered how i would taste.

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  3. Bekkie Sanchez2 March 2014 at 19:52

    I certainly don't want to be awake when that happens! It's great and it's got a similar ending as mine this week.

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  4. Kenia Santos2 March 2014 at 20:33

    Now I imagined being devoured in my sleep and awake! Nightmares..

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  5. Cait O'Connor2 March 2014 at 21:37

    Moving.

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  6. Kathe W.2 March 2014 at 21:55

    yow! I thought of a tasty meal also!

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  7. kaykuala3 March 2014 at 04:55

    No fun to be eaten when still conscious! Nicely Jinsky!

    Hank

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  8. Helen3 March 2014 at 16:24

    To sleep, perchance to dream? Oh no!

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  9. ninotaziz3 March 2014 at 17:28

    Conscious, while being eaten.

    Nightmare of Carrie-like proportions!

    Hi Jinsky! It's been awhile...

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  10. Truedessa3 March 2014 at 22:00

    Well, that is what I call a haunting dream..interesting..

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  11. Helena4 March 2014 at 02:14

    Oh, dear.......not the way I'd chews to go!

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  12. Silent Otto 4 March 2014 at 14:08

    I am sure a lot of nightmares are faint echoes , racial memories of long ago times when we were the hunted , rather than the hunter, praying for dawn .....cheers Jinksy

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  13. Tess Kincaid4 March 2014 at 17:10

    Sometimes sleep can be so cruel...

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  14. Belva Rae Staples5 March 2014 at 01:40

    Oh, horrors! I love this!

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  15. Jennifer Wagner5 March 2014 at 03:25

    Now those are some scary dreams!

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  16. C.C.5 March 2014 at 21:23

    Cool alteration of the photo....it goes with the tenor of your poem nicely.

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  17. 21 Wits5 March 2014 at 22:25

    Oh my, such a tempting treat this is.

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  18. Stacy M.S.7 March 2014 at 13:43

    ahh, the last stanza is haunting. dreams...i think they leave us with all the little uncovered pieces of who we are.

    great write!

    stacy lynn mar
    http://warningthestars.blogspot.com/

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  19. Anonymous7 March 2014 at 15:55

    Ah, what a scary dream to still haunt you to this day.

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  20. ~T~9 March 2014 at 03:59

    Yikes! No trees to climb here...

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