Unicorns from Legend (Hard to find a pic without Tom Cruise)
He stands upon his wooden crate
An island within a human sea
A scrawny form in mottled hair
Wearing rags of every color
Only few give him a sideways glance
As they trudge along their path
None stop to give him more than this
Until his voice rings clear
He speaks in vivid harmony
With words that stun the crowd
Enchanting in tone and timbre
With a strength to reach all ears
The prophet rails against the heart of man
Grown sick with greed and hate
Their happiness is fleet and false
A mask to hide their life of pain
He sings about the coming change
A force to heal the broken souls
On the day the rainbows bathe the land
A sign of the beasts’ return
They will ride upon the blinding arcs
Steeds with a single horn of gold
The unicorns of legend will return
To a land that needs them most
On piercing horns evil is slayed
Freeing man from darkest chains
The world will fall to peace
Beneath the hooves of unicorns
He senses anger from the crowd
As if the prophet hit a nerve
With a final yell he bursts to smoke
Leaving rainbow dust behind
(Poem A Day for April by The Ranting Papizilla.)
I have to admit that I’m not sure where this poem came from. I watched a little bit of Legend, the debut of Da Vinci’s Demons, Gabriel Iglesias stand-up, and caught a few minutes of Life of Brian. This is what resulted from all of that.
Legends of Windemere 
What did you think of Da Vinci? What is it about? That is quite the eclectic mix there, lol. Love the poem.
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I really liked it because Da Vinci was this creative, blunt smartass. It definitely has a good amount of intrigue that is going to build up. It’s basically a fictional telling of Da Vinci as an ambitious young man who is a bastard child of a father who dislikes him. He is a genius inventor who is getting into something that involves a special book, but the first episode was really a get to know Da Vinci thing. I’d recommend it. It has the typical nudity of Starz shows just to warn you. Though, I saw more naked man butt and centerpieces than naked women.
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I love this…great way to start the morning here.. thanks Charles 😉
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Thanks.
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Excellent poem with really interesting motivations, who would have thought that unicorns could come out of all that. 🙂
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I’m more a Pegasus fan too, which makes it stranger.
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Hey, Charles, this is friggin’ EPIC! Dude, you seriously are a genius! I’m kind of at a loss for words, so I’m just going to shut up now. But this is really really something. Don’t mind me. Moving on…
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Thanks. I thought of it as nothing more than goofy free-verse, so it’s great to hear people really like it.
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Reblogged this on The Arkside of Thought and commented:
Brings me back to my favorite fantasy epics. Really does.
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