"...I can o'ersway him; for he loves to hear That unicorns may be betray'd with trees,
And bears with glasses, elephants with holes, Lions with toils and men with flatterers;"
--William Shakespeare; Julius Caesar
Before Its Time
well before its time
the Unicorn's happiness emptied
into a garden that wilted petals
instead
of
blooming
inside a pond that drained
itself
instead of flooding over
what happened?
where were we
when passion turned inside out
when embrace was left to starve
into isolation
when the Last Unicorn Died
a wolf cried for a passing it
felt profoundly but yet
could not see
some hunter then killed the wolf
to silence its penetrating lament
what then, we're left to wonder
always searching within ourselves
for something we can't comprehend
only tormented in living without
long before Us
long before Time Itself
an Angel flew to Earth
and fell inside to soothe
a Weeping Demon
and so continues the cycle of
immortality
when the Last Wolf Died
a Unicorn in Heaven
remembered
and wept for its passing
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