I glanced through the trees of the dark gray forest, tasting
the torrid air,
scanning for a glimmer of sunlight through the elusive
leaves. I departed our safe haven of sand and grass, with
growing haste and quickening pace. The trees began to mock
my desperation with deceitful shadows, grasping at me
with their tormenting branches.
I ran even further, to the edge of the forest and back again,
through the imprisoning path of my timberland maze. My
breath grew thin, as I conquered a cliff to our once safe
spot. You were no longer there. Instead in your place spread
a beautiful tiger. I gazed upon her hungry eyes she acknowledged
my presence with growling fangs. In the mid air her intent
pounce, I suddenly woke up, with you back in my arms: once
again safe.
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