Spirit in the Night

Dark and stormy was the night
Lightning striking, ground blowing dirt
Raven's calling, Thunder abounds
Riding hard, heaven's light
Forlorn horseman
In the night

Striking quick, the hooves they slip,
Pitched to the ground
Mud splashes, rising in waves
Caressing, cascading
A pig it wallows, no less I

The steed is gone, out of sight
Trudging on, stumbling
The road is long
Weary traveller still
Howls fill the air

Hounds and wolves
And beasts unfair
Circling, snapping
Blighted glare
In the pitch, something draws near

Crimson eyes, shattered gleam
Offered,
A gentleman's grasp,
A back shared
At the hooves of night's own mare

Thatched is the roof, leaking still
Better do we fare
He sits across, no words spoken
About his feet mill the Chosen
Shaggy,large, dire they glare
Vicious remnants of ages past

Silent, sullen, gripping gaze
Shivering to my knees go I
Bowed, defeated, humbl
For knowing death, and it's ride
Leave the earth, mortal remains

Waiting, waiting still
My soul still my own
Peeking...shock?
A sadness revealed?

Slow are the movements,
Cloak thrown aside,
Reptilian skin, glistening hide
Like madness to flame,my mind draws in
The scene revealed, burns me inside

Anger erupts, a cry in the night,
Locked are our gaze
Into the night, into the dark
Passionate ride
Mocking peals from behind

Skirting the edge, ebon flowing aside
The pack is close, driving
Pushing onward
Destination nears, cloaking
Defiance

Candlelight flickering, casting shapes on air
Writhing agony, wrenching me there
Screams in the night, guttural the clench

Feet on the stair, carrying
Woodframe shattered, shock
Surprise
Her eyes pleading, begging
Tearing cries

Bloody the blade,
Cleansing rage
Howling, rising
Joining reaper's parade

Pain! The pain,
Crushing does it emerge,
Shifting, moving,
Slinking into the stair
Padded footfalls, glistening fur

A last look, humanity submerged
Then into the night to ride
Taking his place,
Grisly trophy claimed
A Hunter within
Eidolon's Pride