It came to me like snails come to a garden, ready to consume.

I couldn’t sense it at first

The icy chill

I was numb to it’s cold

as I have forever been stuck in it’s furry

I didn’t see the signs

Never ready for when it pummels me down

Like a predator

it attacks

So sever I fall to the floor

Legs crumbling against the pavement

I could feel it sucking me away

Clenching into myself I hug the fevered growl

I was hungry