'The Panther'

'The Panther'

I was running down a dirt road

Through the jungle

I was running faster and faster

Because when I looked back, this huge black panther

Was chasing me.

He was four times bigger than any panther I

Had seen at the movies.

I couldn't believe I was staying ahead of him!

I ran and ran. Suddenly I couldn't run another step

So I fell flat onto my stomach to the ground.

The panther couldn't stop that fast so he leaped over me

And slowly turned around...

He walked back to me... slowly and deliberately locking eyes with me...

He then laid down

With his face inches from mine

He saw all the pain and hopelessness frustration and despair

that I had carried throughout my life...

His eyes softened...he gently put one huge paw on top of my head.

A tear rolled down his silky black face.....I woke up...

There was sand on my pillow.

Kesti©i 8-17-2011