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Story of Myth and Man

A Beautiful winged creature walking by the meadow While grasping a child that was made both man and myth This winged being was rooted down because of a curse Having her chastity undone by man was grave mistake Thunder of clouds that haste above showed anger The gods that guided the life of mystical creature was shattered Tattered this beautiful winged being had this child With no wings at all, a being that the gods cannot touch The price of having the child the mother, had let go A certain man that made the child with her Her friendship ended while he was changed To what the gods made him was all pain and no good Sorrows filled her heart with anger that burdened Forcing her to decide between her child and the man She let her child float down the meadow to live Struck with all sorts of events the man had endured The man had changed but not his heart, looking for her Where is the home of this winged creature that was cursed? Beneath the forest by the meadow where they had laid Memories was lost in such a way that the child and man never met Since the child was both myth and man, he chose to be man Striking the being who bore him, with such thrust of pain The magic that the gods had put on the winged creature Had worn off to show her beauty and broken the chain The curse had lifted while the child had found his father Who loved the mythical being, who changed back to man The child that was made released both curses Became a man of honor and loyalty to his fellow man He was told that the mythical being and his father was in love Not know the real curse was the gods that sheltered him Made him to be the hero of man, yet slayer of myths Father had died because of the pain that he suffered Seeing his love beside him, not knowing he was there At the meadow where they had laid, and fell in love The gods had made him to be a monster only in her eyes And the child had slay them both beneath the trees By the meadow where he was born and was held by both

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Date: 5/17/2015 3:42:00 PM
I too love myths, your writing is most like Prose poetry which can be written in paragraphs. At the very least you need to give the reader stanzas - which are like paragraphs! Very interesting and entertaining writing! Congrad's on your verse winning! Light & Love
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Date: 5/16/2015 2:58:00 PM
Reynaldo, Congratulations in DG's contest. Always & Forever ~LINDA~
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Date: 5/16/2015 10:32:00 AM
Reynaldo, Congrats on your Tim Lin win..... SKAT
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Date: 5/10/2015 1:45:00 PM
Well constructed, interesting and enjoyable poem,Excellent work.
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