It is a dark place that hides here

Lurking in dense bushes, behind trees

Peeking out through narrowed eyes

Slits of yellow green scanning opportunity

An insatiable blood thirst compels

Well fed hunger ever empty

Driven by forces deep within

Never to be satisfied

Silent padded feet move swift

Covering lethal ground with ease

Hidden are talons of death

Waiting to find unsuspecting prey

Predator weaves in and around unseen

Silently, dangerously, darting amidst

Always on alert, ever ready

For a chance to feast on weakness

Conscious to avoid strong and wary

Sinister blend feint normalcy

Strike at victims unrelenting

Another kill atop gluttonous belly

Quickly back to calm tenseness

Lest true intention be revealed

Slit yellow green eyes searching

To fill relentless unquenched hunger