Appetiser

Why are you here?
If not to feed me.
Why are you here?
If not to be hunted.
Why are you here?

I am the hunter.
You are my prey.
That is the order of things.

You can run if you like.
Perhaps I will even let you.
Give you distance.
Give you hope.
Let you believe, for one delicious moment,
that you might escape me.

But we both know how this ends.
The chase was decided the moment you caught my attention.
The moment I saw your weakness.
The moment I chose you.

I will take everything that you are.
And still I will want more.
My greed, and my hunger are eternal.
Your pitiful form cannot satisfy.
But it's a start.

You were never meant to satisfy me.
Nothing could.
That is the cruelty of hunger.
It does not care how much it consumes.
Asking only what comes next.

And I already know the answer.

Why are you here?
You're the appetizer.