Sudden

"She came-
     from the forest glenn,
          still as the night;
               and deadly.
"We had no warning;
     for her swift strikes
          were like the blows of wind,
               tossing us about.
"She came,
     and our numbers reduced
          in large gullips
               and gulps.
"By twos and threes
     we saw tangled arms,
          flailing
               from the pink abyss.
"She came,
     drawing them in
          one by one;
               to nothing.
"All stood still
     for the ravaging;
          the divineness;
               the terror-

"She came,
     like a storm;
          and was gone
               like one."

                       -From the writings of Azeem al Nazarin, The Felaryan Melody.