#dark art

Unicorns are complex symbols. They are the ultimate representation of  innocence, as well as love and devotion. They stand proud on coats of arms, emblems of courage and strength. They are also symbols of sacrifice, as we know from our tapestries, woven records of hunts for them. They are avatars of the sacred beauty of nature, and the curse of its fragility. They represent something older and just beyond humanity’s understanding- something pure, which we are not.

Tears too, are complex. Tears flow with any emotion felt deeply, wether it be elation or dismay, or rage, or fear, or relief. Crying is something deeply primal that we cannot control, like hunger and bleeding, yet what other animal cries? Tears are a cleanse, a chance to reset and try again, to become for an instant, something pure.

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My first submission to this year’s Month of Love challenge! This week’s prompt was “Tears,” which got me all swept up in my feelings.

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byDaisa TJ

Unfortunate Encounter

Deep in the forest there’s a skeleton tree,
whispered the man in the dark.
Find it and bring a rib back to me,
and bring me three bones from its bark.

Then I’ll give you the potion your maiden must drink
and you’d better run boy, run like the wind.
For you should know, there’s a Skeleton King,
and he won’t rest till the stolen’s redeemed.