The trees are swaying back and forth
Skeletal hands reaching up from the ground
I hide behind these wretched hands
I cannot afford to be found
I can feel him approaching me
His presence foreboding still
I cannot allow him to capture me
I cannot bend to his will
I dart from behind the hands
A black blur against the trees
A shot rings out through the woods
And I slide slowly to my knees
My heartbeat quickens as blood pours
I wheeze and spit red tears
The hunter approaches his dying prize
And smiles as my death nears
Vision finally becomes blurry
I feel the darkness swallow me inside
The hunter speaks but I do not hear
He must not have noticed I died
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