Finally

My journey took me through the unbearable humidity of the Florida Keys and up through the Carolinas where I almost had you.

I followed you up through New York and into Toronto where you turned around and where I made my mistake of letting you see me.

I should have never let you in on my secret, that was my fault.  But you showed you weren't ready for the truth and now...now after a thousand sleepless nights, I am almost done with my task.  Then work can get started.

I followed you from Toronto to Vancouver and down through to Seattle and Pugent Sound.  I almost hit you in the forests of Oregon but I missed you and it verified that I was no longer a shadow in the night.

I was coming for you, you went through Upper California and instead of heading straight down you took us through Utah and down through Nevada hoping the masses of people on Vegas would lose me.

But I know your tricks and I almost lost you, even when you changed your hair.

I was coming for you but you eluded my mark once again through the daring escape of the chase I gave through Arizona and the Grand Canyon.

We came up at almost the same time when you hit Flagstaff and went for Phoenix but  it was here, here in Scottsdale where I posed as the kitchen staff and slipped the arsenic into your desert.

After it was delivered, I broke into your room after I was sure you ate it.  You were slumped over the chair and the foam had started to come to your mouth.

I sat by you as you took your last breathes and held your hand.  Finally...finally knowing, my secret was safe.