# Acid Sand

Author: ShingetsuMoon
Tags: Fantay, Mongolian Death Worm, Poem, Poetry, myth

#20 of Poems

This is another poem for my poetry book. This is based off of the Mongolian Death Worm which is rumored to spit acid, turn things yellow and corrode them, and can discharge electricity.
Don't believe me? Google it.

Hidden by the desert  
sands as they shift   
underneath the blazing  
sun.

Silently stalking both  
human and animal   
alike as they dare to  
enter its domain.

Skies remain clear  
yet the tingle of   
electricity continues  
to travel down your   
spine.

Hair stands on end  
and the feeling of   
being watched refuses  
to go away.

Not watched.

Hunted.

Pursued by a monster  
spoken of only in   
whispers and legends.

A flash of red here.  
A long body vanishing  
beneath the sands over  
there.

You can look all you like  
but you will never catch  
it out in the open.

The first time you see it  
will also be the last as its   
acid eats through you  
like a fire burns through  
the woods.

Corrosive poison that   
turns its victims yellow  
with death and corrosion.

You are just another  
animal pursued by a   
hunter who is smarter  
and more patient then   
you.

One fully adapted to  
its environment while  
humans try to shape   
it to meet their demands.

Don't bother trying to  
call for help. Not with  
your voice. For there  
is no one around for   
miles.

Don't bother trying  
to pull out your  
phone. For the spark  
of electricity has already  
turned its components  
to dead weight.

Don't try to run.  
It will only pursue  
you even more.

A creature with  
bowels of acid lies  
in wait for you beneath  
the blazing sands.

Once you have been  
chosen as its next  
meal all you can do  
is wait and pray that  
your death is not  
a slow one.

--Written September 24th, 2014

Source: https://sofurry.com/s/1YAAROr1
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