I Cannot Seem To Figure Out Poem by Lazarus Knix

His hollow, black eyes
Have locked onto mine.
With slow, cautious footsteps
And upright incline
He advances.
A lagging tail behind him,
Looping, entrances
Me like a hypnotist.

His upturned ears
Flare back-
And I,
Not wanting to attract
Any negative attention
Step back.
And evaluate my position-
To remain natures king,
Or to stay hidden
Within stillness.

As uncertainty builds,
Terror does as well,
And all the grotesque
Visions soon infest
My mentality,
Fictional thoughts
Soon manifest a
Grimmer reality-
In which I live.

I imagine the claw,
The feign,
The fang,
Followed by the
Pat of bloodstains
Upon my carpet.

Before the horror
Can devour me further-
I feel a pressure on
My leg-
It is a kitten,
Purring-
His tail turned
Into a question mark-
As if to ask what
The fuss
Was about.
This-
I cannot seem to figure out.