TillIDiEternally

Death leered at me through two black slits. Crept low beneath a shadow-towering above me- Egypt breathed. I could feel the heat of it saunter down my back; warm waves of terror that blew in time with the twitching of his whiskers .  Anticipation accumulated as a lustful grin spread across his face, revealing yellowy daggers that dripped with a want to plunge through my neck.  His long, rope like tail continued to brush the floor. Back and forth, like rolling tides. Longing to devour me. Only moments before I was huddled in the safety of my hole. Lightly chatting with my brother Israel about a dream that would bring me to t