Nyctophilia wreathes his senses
while reticent night takes him
in her loving embrace
b.l.i.n.k.i.n.g yellow eyes
burning stars
survey his
complacent kingdom
everything is his
and yet not.
Movement catches
his intelligent eyes
his heart shaped face twists, turns
and like a lightning strike
he flies
silent and deadly
he tears, shreds, claws, rips
until mouse dissolves in a
travesty of flesh and fur
for this is
his kingdom.
At least
until the silver king
Descends his throne
for a more worthy heiress.
Sanja Dragojlov is a final year Ph.D. student at Cardiff University in EU Politics. She is also the author of Amaranth (Demon City Chronicles), President of the Creative Writing Society at Cardiff University and the Creative Editor for Quench magazine. In her spare time, she also enjoys traveling, reading and learning a new language. She speaks five at the moment which include Serbian, Spanish, Italian, Croatian and French.
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