Glamorus Beast

Waiting, outside in the snow
Breath steaming in the cold
Closed eyes, shielding from outside
that quiet, stealthy creature.

Pawprints lost in flurries
forgotten traces of the path you walk
Stalking monster,
wreathed in cigarette smoke
Halo

A glint of smile, of fang and claw
frett and fear you, from behind the glass
snow and silver, night born - pass
in the darkness

Gone again, back into the night.