She wasn't sure what it was she had seen.
The noise had compelled her to go outside.
She brought a flashlight to see in the dark.
Yet her mind could not comprehend the thing.
She let out a shrill shriek and dropped the light.
The ray of the flashlight was still on it.
The creature was human in shape and size.
Its skin was golden, like a watch or coin.
The thing was ripping inside of the trees.
It's abdominal muscles shimmering.
The things seemed to be consuming something.
Was it eating the wood inside the tree?
It pulled its head out and looked around now.
The creature directed its face at her.
It opened its mouth and revealed sharp teeth.
A tongue, long and thin like rope, slithered out.
The creature let out a guttural roar.
She screamed and started fleeing to her house.
The naked golden creature pursued her.
She got inside and bolted the door shut.
The thing pounded its fists against the walls.
The house seemed to be shaking with each blow.
She heard it pull itself up on the roof.
The creature's fingers scratched the tiles away.
She shivered as she heard the crumbling roof.
Thud! The creature had fell into the house.
She heard it ripping the walls and eating.
She hid inside a closet and listened.
The creature feasted away at her house.
It tore away at the walls and ate them.
She heard its tongue licking the crevices.
She screamed as its hands pierced the closet door.
The creature towered over her body.
She sat below, her eyes studying it.
The creature looked down at her shaking form.
It bit into the closet walls to eat.
She began to crawl away on all fours.
She inched her way passed the masculine beast.
He continued to hunger for her walls.
She considered trying to call for help.
She feared how the creature would react though.
It could destroy anything just to eat.
So, she stayed away and let the beast eat.
She watched him leap, scratch, bite, and beat the walls.
She thought no one would believe this happened.
She began to take photos of the thing.
Her eyes studied the beast with each picture.
She saw beauty in its destructiveness
The house was in a state of ruins now.
The beast fled away with the rising sun.
She never saw the golden man again.
Though she always kept his pictures close by.
