Plea Of The Huntress
Brought up on the warriors creed Trained to fill the village need No better hand at sword or bow Into the forest she would flow A wisp of air or whisper of leaves The stalking trek the huntress weaves Black armor of leather and breaches skin tight Her silhouette but a shadow in Darkenwood's light While hunting one day a trail she would cross A bend of a twig, a smearing of moss Sparking her interest changing her prey Followed this sign to where ever it may Whoever it was she knew it as man The way it wandereds no purpose or plan Strange it seems they stumble and fall Like a drunkard’s swagger bumping the wall She found the intruder laid out by the stream Movements all jerky as if fighting a dream Broad shoulders brown hair streaked by the sun Stepping closer she wonders "could this be the one?" Foretold by the seer past carnival day That love would find her in just such a way Of love and of men none she had known The lot of the huntress was sleeping alone She knew in the instant their eyes met Struck by the knowledge her future was set The longing of yesterdays finally at rest Holding true love the end of her quest He looked on the face of a heavenly sight "Love I've found you" Then slipped into night She placed her hand on his quivering chest Cradled his head on to her leather cupped breast She had found her true love and said her goodbye Shaken by sorrow and whispering why She sat there rocking, tears streaking her cheek For what she had lost by Darkenwood’s creek With pain is so great why don't I bleed Weeps the daughter of the woodsman's seed Many years later she would relive the day Sitting by the fire her hair streaked in gray Her love's features sharp her vision clear still Not clouded with mistrust or conflicts of will She sat there smiling at a young woman's plea And how it was answered by the heart of a tree Pulp tea the seer pressed her that day Held the gate open and fever at bay Two became one as foretold by the fates The manner of love and meaning of mates mr_alleycat
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