I am a jungle cat.
Stalking through the wet wilderness.
Pursuing..chasing..
I choose my prey
And never leave them
Always three steps behind
Taking my time
Stalking, stepping lightly
They try to pursue me
Try to catch me.
Lure me with kindness, shyness, cautiousness
I'll have none of it.
I plunge on
My prey teased me in the beginning
Showed off his colors, his beautiful design
Flashed his wonders, showing me what I could have
If only I could catch him.
I stalked closer and closer, but one step amiss--
He's gone.
Now I pursue him night and day
I'm in a long cold night
It seems it's been an eternity
I blindly trek forward,
Trusting my senses
Barely feeling him
Like my prey isn't even there.
Has he grown bored of our game?
I never will,
Until he's mine
The ultimate prize.
Like coming home,
A comfort,
An adventure,
An amazement.
All mine.
Those others have no weight--
They cast nets that don't even come close
I stealthily, and not so steathily slip beneath their webs
Silly poachers.
I will never be pursued.
Only will I pursue.
Only one.
He is mine.
He will be mine.
Someday
Soon.
