Sense of darkness

You can feel it, out there. somewhere in the dark. somewhere in the shadows. you can feel moist heat, like that of breath ever behind you. that feeling you get, only in the dark, just before you touch something you cannot see (or something touches you). that tingling surge, that sense, that momentary pulse of fever on the skin's surface. that sound in your head that is felt in your chest. your heart- rigid & pounding from the thrill. that unhurried breathing, even & hushed even though you are winded from terror. honing your ears to interpret every noise in the dark, no matter how slight. you can feel it, out there. the strokes of eyes sweeping your form. the rhythm of silent breath that is not your own. somewhere in the shadows. somewhere in the dark. out there. you can feel it.