A Pallid Moon

Hoof beats...palpitate and pound,
A sudden rush...rapidly...rushes by.
Leaving overturned leaves in a swirling...whirl.
Pursuers...persistently follow the tainted...trail.

A Magnesian...mare crosses his mind,
A debt of dreadful...death woefully bestowed.
Death...the debt to breed on forbidden lands.
Centaurus relentlessly...races his hurtles.
Leaving his luscious...love behind.

He’s a Chiron...Centaur at heart,
A masculine...defined...toned...torso,
Merged at the waist of a horse wither,
Where a horse's neck should...solely be.  

Being chased for besetting and breeding,
A pallid moon illuminates a fast paced night.
With a timid...terrified look over his shoulder,
A fearless heart...fears the approaching masses.
He not only reaches the edge of Magnesia,
But the edge of a cavernous...cliff.

Caught...trapped...lodged between two natures
(Half-human...Half-animal)
(His hunters...the bottomless cliff)

Thoughts race his mind...mixed reflections.
Flooded by a montage of frolicking  memories.
Of a bond not meant to be...destined to not exist.
A desperate attempt to fight extinction,
To successfully mate with a Magnesian mare.

He searches his soul for strength and with his
muscular arms he quickly unsheathes his weapon,
Raising his Chiron...steel sword in cold...defense.
A fatigued heart...a fierce...fight ensues without fear.
Ferociously...fighting to the death paying his debt.

A Chiron heart slain by a legion of Lapithaeian hate,
For a sole attempt to live...to simply breed again, 
On the forbidden lands of Mount Pelion,
He faced...fate with its’ risks of death, 
Under a Thessalien sky...illuminated by a pallid moon.
For the one beckoning notion called love.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009



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Date: 4/3/2009 8:41:00 PM
Nice free verse, I hope you write more
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Date: 3/31/2009 12:58:00 PM
A great love story, with a sad ending. This free verse has masterful qualities.
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Date: 3/30/2009 3:31:00 PM
Genius, free verse Raul. I love the images you captured. DN
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Date: 3/30/2009 2:43:00 PM
Brilliant, you rock with your words, you describe such passion-filled stories. Bravo, this is perfect in everyway. Love Elizabeth
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Date: 3/29/2009 9:47:00 AM
Trapped between two natures, nice powerful write Raul.
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Date: 3/29/2009 8:28:00 AM
This almost seems like a fable, a story written centuries ago. Wonderful..Raul!!
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Date: 3/29/2009 7:09:00 AM
Wow, where did this amazing story come from? Truly imaginative and so well penned. A sad poetic tale, yet fascinating and otherworldly. Awesome write. Love, Shar
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Date: 3/29/2009 1:49:00 AM
What a heartbreaking tale. Damn, that is sad. but well writter, Raul. love, Kristin
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Date: 3/29/2009 12:38:00 AM
I loved this, so vivid and beautiful detail, I can picture him perfectly, great write I'm going to mark it as a favorite, Aleera
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