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Woman Erased. Predator Victorious.
An allegory of relational entrapment
He smothered her soul. He loved her enough to gain access to her heart so that he could get in to dismantle her spirit. He saw the expanse of her compassion and love, and he drilled holes to drain them from her. He controlled the oxygen that was her mental, emotional and spiritual life support.
He could intermittently pose as her caring friend, to disarm her defenses. This allowed him to wound her, virtually undetected.
His cunning stealth as a hunter of her being and essence, prevented her from understanding that he was tracking her.
His stalking of her is done by his studying and reading her movements, emotion, thoughts, ideas, dreams, sadness, pain and distress. These are also what he used for teeth to bite into her ripping off pieces of her and for claws to maul and slice her.
Oh, but his goal was not to kill her outer body completely. It was necessary to keep her alive. She could serve some benefit to him. He gains pleasure from her pain and the continual wounds he inflicts. He blames her for her wounds. He tells her she is a miserable person when she tries to reason with him or care. When she protests he makes her think she misunderstood. He shames her for not functioning as he requires.
