The horned god - the ancient one - gallops deeper into the forest
His antlers charcoal black, his head held high and proud…
Above the darkness of the forest is a magnificent presentation of stars –
They beautifully litter an otherwise solely obsidian celestial landscape -
dripping delicate light, dancing with the gentle radiance of the moon –
The night allowing the luminescence to travel only so far into the shadows
The slithering King wears his royal crown of scales –
his tongue forked, his body moving stealthily through the grass…
The attentive owls watch from above and do not make a sound
The vultures observe the scene from the air and do not make a sound
The rodents scurry hurriedly towards their safe underground burrow…
as the Serpent King approaches
The Rabbit Lord – All Hail the Rabbit Lord!
His colony of rabbits drink in the moonlight
as they drunkenly dine on roots, flowers, and fallen fruit from the generous trees…
The midnight banquet continues
The Rabbit Lord sniffs the electric air with a nose keen, sharp and with knowledge
He will protect his herd…
The watchful owls watch from above and do not make a sound
The forest trees breathe in the nocturnal lightlessness
as they slumber until the dawn
The wind invisibly and gently caresses their strong trunks and limbs
As the night tucks them in, like a heavy blanket
Sleep well trees – the morn’ will bring with it much excitement
The horned god inhales the enchanting moonlight deeply and with knowledge …
as he gallops deeper into the forest
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Then darkness begins to bleed softly into the gentle early morning first light –
The shadows becoming memories,
as they hesitantly retreat into the shade from whence they came –
awaiting their rebirth –
waiting for the horned god to bring with him the darkness
waiting for the piercing brightness of day to surrender to the demands of unavoidable night
The Red Time of the Year will soon be upon us…
The Red Time of the Year is coming…
The horned god – the ancient one – gallops deeper into the forest
to prepare
Photo: Jimmy Broccoli.
