Like a lioness, I prowl on the lonely

On the singled out and gouty

When everything seems normal

And the tall walls come down,

I step lightly on my feet to pounce.

Do you see that lurking, dark shadow of yours?

How it was before when you turn

Then reaching it’s ready hand out

The moment you look away?

It’s there on the quietest of days.

When you’re mind is calm, the sun so warm so easy,

There, the chill that starts heart’s beating

Cloaks your skin in a cold so old

Like a horror untold

Left to remain just under your nose;

Yet we never notice the moster at all

When it’s so close it’s laughable

Whispering right into your ear,

Patient for the dipping sun

As this thing you all call _Corruption._