What Did You See
In shortness of breath
he heaves thundering hooves
over gravel road and through thorny brush
In terrors madness he dashed
as elves lie in still and
fae giggled from imaginary hideouts
down into the meadow he dashed,
the gripping thud of hooves
followed with the crackling of branches
when he stopped:
a quickened still -
A pricked ear
the sound of deep breath in scent
a hesitation
A crack! echoed across the plain
and nestled into trees as foul to wing
did look to see,
a Faun lie bleeding,
as the demons surrounded him in glorious jubilation
at a prize buck, an ordinary deer to them -
For their eyes couldn't see what was really there -
the elves sang out in lamentations,
while birds did shriek the songs of fae,
~ in a land not far away.
Copyright © Tammy Armstrong | Year Posted 2011
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