Poetry

Poetry by Regina Filomeno

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November 7, 2013

The Pack


The night cracked under whips of oppression.
Plotting with slow digression,
Upon the lips of deception,
For fear of sheer rejection.

Sharp clangs screeched through the thick brush.
A shadowy figure appears
It is dazed and in a frenzy.
Worn, tired, rabid, and alone.
It falls to the forest floor
Disturbing the creatures below.

A white butterfly drifts through the darkness.
Fluttering towards the frail beast.
She hovers over its body,
Gently perching on its chest.
She hums a song of times past…
The beast cries out in agony.
It weeps with an elicit tear;
Recalling such wondrous tones.
Its cold heart pounds ruby red.
Blinding white light sheds its black cloak.

A pile of ebony dust shrouds the grasses.
Two specs rise up from the ashes,
One white and the other pure black.
They are one always: a pack.

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