Nocturnal: Alive at night.
Animal: Inhuman.
So, in short, Nocturnal animals
Aren't just the raccoons and owls,
Aren't just the bats and moths-
Have you ever been alive at night?
Have you ever heard your heart race?
Have you ever stared blankly at the clock?
Have you ever cursed the space you take?
Animals are the inhuman.
Animals are the ones below.
Animals do what no man should.
Animals are carnal, and take and take...
Have you ever just sat there, vulnerable?
Have you ever heard footsteps late at night?
Have you ever forgotten your place?
Have you ever forgotten that you're
Exactly what they say,
Useless and weak and unable to stop them-
Animals are inhuman, you always knew that.
What you forgot is that inhuman
Isn't always physical.
That sometimes it's mental.
That sometimes it's actions.
Have you ever laid in bed, waiting for it to end?
Have you ever begged for it to stop?
Have you ever stared into the mirror,
Knowing your own impurity?
Have you ever met a Nocturnal Animal,
Human in only appearance?
