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
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