They Chase Me...

They chase me.

Bears, leopards, men, myself.

As far back as I can remember,

They chase me.

I knock me to the ground.

Stealing my lifeforce as my hands close around my throat.

I wake whimpering before I am fully reclaimed.

Not yet dead but not quite yet reborn.

I am the closest any of them has gotten to catching me.

I am the closest any of them has gotten to destroying me.