Manifest destiny

Vivid incoherence. I am trying to escape but cannot find the way out. A faceless slender man, an unknown entity from archaic origins. A scarecrow, an alien, a being unlike no other. I see limbs but they are unrealistic. I hear a voice but the words are unintelligible. There is a thrill in this chase but the prey takes no pride in being hunted. There's a lingering ghost hovering above. A huntsman on the prowl, observing all within his sight. The nocturnal noises have all gone silent in fear of being found. Being watched makes me paranoid and I already miss the light. My lantern swings back and forth like a pendulum awaiting its inevitable decline. I only have so many hours of light before it's extinguished. The phantom watches over me and cradles me like a newborn. Don't try and run. Don't try and save yourself. Just watch me breakdown and be reborn from the chaos. Lie to me and pretend we are in this together. Choose only me as if this were some resemblance to love. We share a rhythm, we mimic a melody. A harmony intertwined with a panoramic monster singing out of key. You fed me poisoned apples and succulent tongues. I lay ravaged in hunger amidst songs already sung. Undo the spell and erase the clouds surrounding me. There is freedom in the fire that eroded these chains and has become me. Shields across iron, sword against rust. You want me alive, you cannot fail. I cannot survive without you, I have failed. Manufactured frailty has crippled me like only you could. My frailty now lies dead in the furnace. It's buried in between your hunger and your cowardice. Morality is a sin and I've shaken off these shackles. There is no ending where you are the victor in this debacle. Vengeance is the ultimate goal where this pendulum attempts its final swing. I will cut through this addiction and undo our connection. You are the attachment I must sever. We both knew this couldn't continue on forever