Blood and snow
Asphyxia (aus)and realise I'm surrounded by blood splattered snow.
This frozen wasteland is awaking my fear.
"Why does my head hurt?
How did this blood get here?"
I put my hand to the back of my pounding skull.
As I pull it away I see what I'd feared.
I drag myself to my feet and start running.
Unbeknownst to me is why, or where.
Confusion overwhelms my jarring fear.
"Why am I not dead? I shouldn't be here!"
My hand is covered with my own blood and brains,
yet I am sprinting like I was never slain.
Then standing before me I see myself with eyes
alight!
Halting, I stand and stare at what cannot be.
Is this mirror I see a reality?
I stride towards me and I see myself smile before
fading away just out of my grasp.
I hear a wolf howl in the distance on the blizzardy air,
and see a forest faintly through the fog appear.
Numbly I make towards it without hesitation.
Nothing concerns me about my destination.
As I grow closer there's a turn on the wind,
my footsteps inaudible beneath the din.
Breaching the first trees,
the wolf I heard stands before me.
It pads towards me with intent in its eyes,
and as I gaze at it, it speaks to me.
Wise are its words and deliberately spoken.
It claims that I'm a victim of possession!
I feel my demon rise and take over control.
Breaking skin, my ribs burst forth.
Searing pain fills my body.
Unwilling, I try to hold back the beast deep in me,
try to fight it!
I hear the demon voice fill me head,
and, chilling, it says:
"War with a demon is one you can't win so give it up.
You're dead!"
My mind sighs... And thus I die.