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The Werewolf
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The Werewolf |
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Namyh Senior Member
since 2009-01-20
Posts 988 |
The Werewolf I saw it in the moonbeams just beneath the star streams running like a wild thing as if in chase or flight. Cold breaths, short breaths, smokes of a night quest whistled thru its fangs making slices of the night. Wolf made of mankind howled at the moon sign. Forest eyes blinked their fears across the forest floor. Squirrel sounds, owl sounds, bird sounds, bat sounds merged to flee in symphony their voices from the roar. A smell mixed in wind’s blow made eyes of wolf to seek its flow as nose lifted neck’s height for head to turn and catch the sight of living flesh upon the land, soft for fangs to tear in strands by man turned to wolfen sight cursed to walk the lunar light. Howling twice, it turned you see to fix red eyes on ‘flesh’ of me. I froze and could not walk nor run. It lunged a step. I held my gun’s silver bullet loaded weight to send this wretch to Heaven’s gate and in my trembling fit of fears, ‘twas shock I saw its eyes in tears as if it knew just what I felt and with my gun please could I help to end this life of killing spree and rid his house of misery. It leaped! I shot and hit its chest. It fell and said with one last breath, “No more death I make tonight, no longer slave to lunar light.” Among the tales of the human heart will reign this story told how man’s humanity gave up life to save its mortal soul. For outside is the heartless beast that slays ‘til all is dust but inside is the man of Will who defeats that beast in us. Namyh |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Love the way you finished this namyh. have seen too much of the beast about me lately. |
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Namyh Senior Member
since 2009-01-20
Posts 988 |
Michael - I hope this helps when combatting the beast and thanks for stopping in for a practice howl or two. Namyh |
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augustsky Senior Member Posts 828 midwest US |
Namyh, You always seem to be reading outloud your Poems to me (my take anyway)  This is brilliant in its depth & message Dear Poet. Clapping.. Sky~ ~Don't Quit Your Day Dream~ |
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