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white wolf running

By tigerlilly

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my being plummeting through darkness razor-edged crystal shards projecting from the walls of my unknown reality scrape away all vestiges of man from this frame of bone and sinew landing with a thump on soft ground legs standing in four shapes of clay while fingers from an ancient wind ply their craft adding fur and skin muzzled long teeth keen eyes and heart of steel then breathes into my nostrils breath of half life with all it's might yellow eyes have their first look at blackest night with one light above it's calling drawing me by the silver cord of my inner spirit to run across the rocky plain raise my face to the sky mournfully howling my soul away to the ?man? in the moon never knowing why i cryall comments and critiques welcomed Written February 2nd, 2002 © on Feb 02 2002 09:40 AM PST   0 • 13

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