Lords of the Wildwood ..

Whilst we walked, the darkness thickened -

Alders cast their last twisted shadows -

Stags roared monstrously in the tangled wood -

I pictured men baying in a wild dance - 

Some with antlers growing fast from their spellbound heads 

Tongues too large for their gaping mouths -

Their bodies painted - 

Hearts pounding in their glistening chests -

Roaring with the stags -

Leaping over smoking fires - 

Lords of the Wildwood -

Their blood given to the trees -

Thursday 12 November 2020

Highwood 

Dorset