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Wild Hunt Nightmare

I dreamt I was taken by a storm
Swept up high and away
To join the lost souls
In purgatory’s sky parade

Restless souls they ride the wind
Not worthy of either Heaven or Hell
Upon great possessed beasts
They ride the skies pell mell

Wodan on his red eyed black stallion
Valkaries upon their dragons
Durga on her tiger
King Aurthur on his white mare Pladin

Durga cried, “Come ride with me,
For you’re as unrepentant as any of we!”
At that I realized I was flying in the air
And the cursed beast I was riding
Was that of an angry black bear

But before I could join the posse
Of the of this nocturnal possessed
I suddenly awoke in a startle
Covered goosebumps and sweat

With the realization I needed
To mend my evil ways
Or with Wild Hunt
I’d ride someday
Author's Note
The Wild Hunt is a fall event when the undead ride the autumn/winter stormy skies. One of the oldest and universal folk stories ever told, I’ve been fascinated by the Wild Hunt since I was a child.  Hence, the resulting nightmare.  
I’m not the only one that has had a dreamt of the Wild Hunt for it has inspired three popular music writes. The Wild Hunt has been immortalized in several popular songs that include Wagner’s; The Ride of the Valkyries, Jim Morrison; Riders on the Storm and Stan Jones; Ghost Riders in the Sky.  The latter of which, influenced the writing of my poem.

Wild Hunt Nightmare is my entry for the the 'I Dreamed In Rhyme Eternal' comp.
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