Like a banquet

 I could see the beast struggling out of a lava bed
drops of molten lava slipping off it´s body
smouldering and wading through the lava
the splutter of sparks and hot orange

Kicking through the hot syrupy wash
burning it´s own flesh and regenerating simultaneously
Suddenly sprinting forward at an invisible foe
Then breathing in the smoke and ash

It´s stomach rumbling
an Ungodly croaking
surging from some deep hunger
Lips opened fangs dropped downward into smile

The overwhelming heat
slowly melting the nearby rock
The beast´s eyes open and intensify
It´s fat wolf head upward and grinning

leaving the lava
Into the nightmarish darkness
A rockfall crumbled down off the hillside
Hitting the pool of hot lava below

The beast bellowing
A strong howl
Then a deathly silence
A vibration in the darkness

By now at the summit
looking down at the land
as if it were a banquet
I the only witness