Run

Neon teeth in a poisoned sky,

Heartbeat synced to a siren cry.

Concrete jungles choke the air,

Someone's finger finding where I tear.

Alleys swallow my last good light,

Shadows peel me limb from night.

Glass and steel are closing in,

I taste the metal on my skin.

Whispers curl like barbed wire-

Name me liar, name me pyre.

Every corner bleeds a face,

I sprint through their empty grace.

Run! The unknown claws the night,

Hunt me down with teeth of fright.

No voice calls my name, no face I see-

Only cold intent and malice breathing me.

Run! The shadow wants my fall,

Feel the echo of its call.

It's not the street, it's not the law-

It's something older, wanting more.

Pavement cracks, the chase proceeds,

History written in frantic deeds.

A mirror shows a stranger's stare,

Same sun setting on my despair.

Sirens fade but leave the drum,

A hollow sound, a pending numb.

Hands of frost reach for my throat,

The city learns its latest note.

Heartbeat's pistol in my chest-

No time to pause, no need to rest.

The skyline's teeth, they leer and leer,

I run on adrenaline and fear.

Run! The unknown claws the night,

Hunt me down with teeth of fright.

No voice calls my name, no face I see-

Only cold intent and malice breathing me.

Run! The shadow wants my fall,

Feel the echo of its call.

It's not the street, it's not the law-

It's something older, wanting more.

Silhouette across the sodium glow-

Fingers traced in the wet below.

Is it a man? A god? A debt unpaid?

Are we all hunters, or only afraid?

I throw my weight against the night,

Steel resolves in the face of spite.

Breath becomes a sharpened blade-

I'll stab the dark before it claims my name.

You want me-come and take me!