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The pale sickly boy bursts through the thick foliage of the woods His heart racing, face-blazing, eyes bulging out of their sockets And then it begins… The moon, the boy thinks slowing, It … It exudes Magnificence in the palest of lights, every crater like ancient golden pockets With a cry of anguish, he is no longer man Body splitting, tearing at the line between two realities Soft pink flesh turning into coarse fur Teeth turning into razor-sharp fangs The creature lies there panting; there is no need for formalities The boy now knows the creature well, but his colliding memories become a blur The wolf a feral rag doll as its beastly head hangs Hunger drips down its murderous maw and the wolf feels nothing Humanity has been ripped from his every vein Bloodlust is all that fills the hole The beast runs up a knoll covered in soft spring grass, ferocity still plenty The red ferrous liquid invites the creature down making it grueling to keep sane Instinct says it must pilfer souls, commit a theft, and break what was once whole Treading menacingly through the village, a wild demon Innocent people seal themselves into useless wooden homes, ready to repent Their fear all-encompassing, like a lamb before the slaughter The wolf’s ears ***** with the soft thud of its paws, feeling the earth underneath weaken A yearning, the creature drools at the thick scent A thing of nightmares left alone with a poor man’s daughter The inner war within the beast gains a new thunderous beat The boom ripping at the soul The boy had always felt that his human life was his reality But nothing had ever felt more real than his nights as a beast No longer able to tell the difference, he sinks into that endless black hole Pondering darkly upon his morality Disgusted by his own attempt at brutality The boy turns away from his panic-stricken prey, frozen in place, praying to blackout He has to make a decision, to do what must be done The next full moon, during his transformation, he experiences a sense of finality They feel a change, a shift in power, no longer any doubt The boy and the creature lay down their spears, let go of any fears as the forest goes silent with the sound of the shotgun
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Jun 28, 2018
Jun 28, 2018 at 9:04 PM UTC
Trepidum Pecus (The Frightened Beast)
The pale sickly boy bursts through the thick foliage of the woods His heart racing, face-blazing, eyes bulging out of their sockets And then it begins… The moon, the boy thinks slowing, It … It exudes Magnificence in the palest of lights, every crater like ancient golden pockets With a cry of anguish, he is no longer man Body splitting, tearing at the line between two realities Soft pink flesh turning into coarse fur Teeth turning into razor-sharp fangs The creature lies there panting; there is no need for formalities The boy now knows the creature well, but his colliding memories become a blur The wolf a feral rag doll as its beastly head hangs Hunger drips down its murderous maw and the wolf feels nothing Humanity has been ripped from his every vein Bloodlust is all that fills the hole The beast runs up a knoll covered in soft spring grass, ferocity still plenty The red ferrous liquid invites the creature down making it grueling to keep sane Instinct says it must pilfer souls, commit a theft, and break what was once whole Treading menacingly through the village, a wild demon Innocent people seal themselves into useless wooden homes, ready to repent Their fear all-encompassing, like a lamb before the slaughter The wolf’s ears ***** with the soft thud of its paws, feeling the earth underneath weaken A yearning, the creature drools at the thick scent A thing of nightmares left alone with a poor man’s daughter The inner war within the beast gains a new thunderous beat The boom ripping at the soul The boy had always felt that his human life was his reality But nothing had ever felt more real than his nights as a beast No longer able to tell the difference, he sinks into that endless black hole Pondering darkly upon his morality Disgusted by his own attempt at brutality The boy turns away from his panic-stricken prey, frozen in place, praying to blackout He has to make a decision, to do what must be done The next full moon, during his transformation, he experiences a sense of finality They feel a change, a shift in power, no longer any doubt The boy and the creature lay down their spears, let go of any fears as the forest goes silent with the sound of the shotgun
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Jun 28, 2018
Jun 28, 2018 at 9:04 PM UTC
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