Forest's Blight

Slender and tall, still in the fog     

A smile from eye to eye               

They roam the forest from dusk till dawn   

In search of a passerby  

A bite or scratch is all it takes  

To leave one’s past behind    

Their venom causes physical pain   

Then it attacks the mind  

After a day, or two, or three   

The victim will transform    

No longer human, but one of them  

The smile they will adorn   

Unknown to all, a mystery  

Creatures of the night  

Slender and tall, still in the fog  

They are the forest’s blight