Unknown Perspective
I feel my heart pounding. I hear the blood rushing in my ears. My muscles have been pushed to the max and I know this is it for me. I had stumbled and I had fallen. The loud thud and the crinkling of the leaves this was my undoing. I struggle to fill my lunges with air as my eyes stare into the cloudy and ever ominous sky.
Why did I believe I could escape? I snort as i attempt to move again. Hadnt i given myself enough of a headstart? My body protests as I try to see what surrounds me. My feet pulse from running for half the day. I know if I were to try and stand my body would drop under my weight. I have to get up, I cannot be found.
Except my ears hear it again. The howl that promises torture, beatings and most likely death. I close my eyes scanning my body in hopes that I will find some strength hidden there. My calves are aching, my thighs are equally as achey, my stomach muscles are strained, my lunges burn and struggle for air, even my neck is strained. My heart is pounding and I search my mind. Please, I think internally. Come back to me. And I wait. Nothing fills my head. No voice no warmth. I groan, Im not surprised it has been over a year.
As I open my eyes a strong wind picks up the leaves by my feet and tosses them over my failing body. Im finally able to get air as I realize what this means! My scent is being sent away from my persuer. I find a rythm with my breathing and feel my lungs expand with air. My eyes catch the ominous sky and I feel a drop of liquid land on my cheek. I smile. I feel warmth expand in my chest as I realize I have been given a chance.
I look around turning my head even though my neck resists and I see it. More hope. There is a hollowed out log. I feel the warmth expand from my neck to my arms and travel down my stomach. I roll onto my stomach and I drag myself towards the log. I stop outside the entrance of the log and pull leaves, twigs and debris towards me. This will help me barricade the entrance of the log. I use the last of my strength to pull myself inside, carefully turn myself around so my head can face where I entered and then i piled up the leaves twigs and debris. Then as if on cue the skys open up and the rain falls down.
I sigh. I am safe. My scent will be washed away and my persuer will give up. I now have time. Thank the Goddess i say as I slip into my own darkness.
