‘Twas midnight, darkness becoming of my soul,
An entity of loneliness embodies me as a whole.
A soullessness being lurks within the shadows,
I can feel it hiding in the ominous shallows.
“Speak to me,” this I say to the unseen being,
“Tell me what you want, come into my seeing.”
No response, not a mutter or a motion made,
Only darkness that upon me laid.
I begin to question my sanity as I search for this creature that lurks in the shadows before me,
I feel it everywhere, yet this thing I cannot see.
I search the trees and the forestry, nothing to be found.
Not a motion, mutter, or any sound.
The impetuous nature of my soul embarks on a dark journey through the blackened wood,
Searching for the darkness that before me stood.
My eyes begin to dilate, in the blackness,
My soul hoping for light to enter the darkness.
I'm staring into the blackened, lost in loneliness,
Wandering through the darkness in which my skin it does caress.
I'm lost in this solitude,
Alone with this dark creature within these shadows it does intrude.
Suddenly a flutter beats upon my face,
As if some wings appeared and peltered upon my face.
I close my eyes and brace for an attack,
I'm certain this beast will surely attack!
A moment goes by in sinister silence,
I stand there with fear building to a level so immense!
I open my eyes to observe and owl gazing upon me,
This moment of melancholy, yet with a hint of slight serenity.
“Why are you here?” the owl speaks to me,
“You can speak?! What a creature you must be!”
“Must I repeat myself?!” the owl squaks,
I reply “I thought I saw the woman with the golden locks!”
“So you are here to find your love?”
Says the owl, then releases a beautiful dove!
“How did you do that?” I ask dumbfounded,
“Many questions you have, with the answers you are surrounded!”
I stand there confused, gazing into the forestry,
“Why is it that you appear here before me?”
I ask to this ominous owl.
The owl answers, “Into your soul I aim to prowl!”
The owl swoops down from its steep,
It flutters around me in a lurking creep.
I feel its beak press against my skin,
And suddenly its evil shows its sin!
“You are lost, forever alone!
The woman with the golden locks died by the stone!”
“Just let me be!” I scream upon the beast!
It shrieks “I can't! I can't! Your soul shall be my feast!”
And suddenly before me appeared a woman,
She had golden locks and appeared to be floating.
I glare at her with eyes so sad,
Then glare upon the owl with eyes so mad!
“Why must you torture me with these painful visions?!”
“Oh, but it is not me who tears into your lesions!”
The owl turns away and returns to its perch,
Its eyes glazed over in a gloomy search.
“What is it that you seek?”
I plead to the bird.
He just stares at me with eyes so bleak,
And screams at me words so absurd!
Another dove appears, but this time it is black,
It speaks no words, for a beak this bird lacks.
“Can't you go and leave my soul alone?”
“Ah, so you fear the woman of the stone?”
Speechless I am, for it seems I am mute,
Ominous this place be, yes this word does suit.
The owl disappears into the blackened night,
Not a soul or a creature lay within my sight.
I return to my home to find the door wide open,
I enter with the utmost caution.
“Who's there?” I break through the silence,
A woman appears with hair of gold so intense!
My eyes examine the woman before me,
She was glowing in white, an apparent serenity.
She turns her face so that I may see,
That this woman be a lady of my memory.
“The owl, he said that you died by the stone?”
“Ah, but this is true, it was the fear of being forever alone.”
Her voice was soft and calm,
Elegant of nature, almost like a psalm.
“I've been searching for you, for my heart was missing so,
You disappeared on the night of your show!
What did the owl mean you died by the stone?
If you say it was the fear of being forever alone?”
She whispers to me “loneliness was the stone,
It peltered my heart until I passed all alone,
For you didn't come, you didn't show at my show,
And I was sad, missing you so.”
“But I was there, you were dressed in white,
In fact it was what you're wearing tonight!
You're voice was so beautiful, serene and elegant,
You're smile gave my heart its true fulfillment!”
“So what is it that brought you here tonight?”
I ask for answers for the events of this night.
“Why do you show in the afterlife?
Why do you haunt my dreadful life?”
“I cannot move from this world,
Until the truth has unfurled.”
A tear seems to set upon her face,
My heart begins to beat at a slower pace.
“What is it of the owl that pestered me?”
She answers “He's the Master of Souls, he must take yours to set me free.”
Suddenly my lost love vanishes into the night,
I hear the owl screeching, as if begging for a fight!
“Wait!” I scream, “I do not wish for a quarrel,
If I give you my life, will you end my love's eternal quarrel?”
“Ah, but it is not your life in which I seek!
But your soul which is ever so weak!”
“Take it, I do not want it anymore!
Let it serve you for now and evermore!
Just set her free, the woman with the golden locks!”
“What makes you think I will agree?” Says the owl in a howling mock.
“Do what you want with me,
I just want the woman to be free.
Transform me into an owl,
And set me on the souls to prowl.”
“I will be your servant, your prodigy,
All I ask is that you set her soul free.”
“If I agree, there is no going back.”
The night seems to grow ever so black.
As if in the blink of an eye,
I see my body below.
I almost start to cry,
But then I remember I had to go.
My love has been set free,
And now begins my eternal misery,
For now I am the omen on the prowl,
I am now the omen of the owl.
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