poem a day/inktober/drawlloween 3

[labelleizzy]

Day 3: prompt is Cryptid

slinking forth from the forest
blending with the trees
gliding soundlessly towards where you were
*
you never saw
you never heard
the wind rippled
that alone showed my passing
*
the fire was warm
comforting
mesmerizing
you played guitar and sang
irresistibly i was drawn to you
*
it was only after i embraced you
that i noticed the music had stopped
only after i withdrew
that i noticed the fire was out
and the chill froze my heart
and the ground, and your body
frost covered dull blackness where fire had been
*
i killed what i loved
without knowing i could, or would
untouchable forever
untouching forever
my fate, my ignorance and how it played out
*
i wander now
so far from mankind
what am i?
doesn't matter.
i pay for my thoughtlessness
with aching aloneness
*
i swore nevermore to snuff out life
even at the cost
of loving ever again.