Cannot Feel

Watching silently in the shadows
Eyes glancing around the room
Heart beating wildly
Knowing it will be time soon.

Fingers curling into fists
All movements slowing
Pulse beating faster
Everyone unknowing.

Eyes finding a victim
Something clicks in his brain
If his thoughts could be heard
He'd be diagnosed insane.

Luring her outside
Fake adoration in his eyes
Concealing his anger and hate
This she can't recognise.

Gone only a few minutes
Returning from the alley alone
One more dead body on the ground
That poor girl will never make it home.

This is what he does each night
Hoping his inner pain will start to heal
Because feeling power surge through his soul
Is the only way he knows how to feel.

*For A Contest*