This is from the view of a deer being hunted. Sort of. I wrote it in haiku because I thought I was being creative and it would challenge me a bit. And yes, it truly did challenge me. Anyway, R&R! I hope you enjoy all my hard work!
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I graze on the grass
Green and lush in this meadow.
In the warming sun.
-T-
Nearby is a stream
With cool refreshing water
Fresh for the whole herd.
-T-
Suddenly, one cries.
One of the deer is taken,
Only blood is left.
-T-
I know danger's near.
But I must try to escape.
Must run away fast.
-T-
I hear despaired cries
From behind me as I run.
The enemy comes.
-T-
I'm in the forest
Safer than in the meadow.
But still not quite safe.
-T-
I run through the trees
Blood pumping hard in my veins
Breath coming in gasps
-T-
I think I must pause
Before my breath is all gone
While I can still breathe.
-T-
I see a small brook
A ways in front of me.
I think I might stop.
-T-
I slow down a bit
As I approach the water
Trying to rest some.
-T-
I concentrate on
The smells and sounds of the woods
As I bend to drink.
-T-
I lap the water
And listen quite carefully
To the woods behind
-T-
I quickly stand up.
There was a noise from the trees.
There is something there.
-T-
I anxiously look
Around me in the half-light
For the nearby threat.
-T-
I couldn't see it.
All I saw was flashing teeth.
Long pointed canines.
-T-
I had heard of them.
The Cold Ones of ancient times
The ones that sucked blood.
-T-
Normally humans,
Those who could fight back better,
Were their prey of choice.
-T-
But there was a clan
Near our stretch of wooded land
Who did not want to.
-T-
Instead they came here
And they drank animal blood.
Feeding on my kin.
-T-
And now they found me.
Alone, away from the herd.
Dying here alone.
-T-
As the blood left me,
I could see his eyes changing.
From black to light brown.
-T-
My life has ended
Perhaps that means there will be
One less later on.