A queen sends him on his way
\nwith an empty box and a mission,
\nUnder the orders of the magic glass
\nhe is recast as the assassin.<\/p>\n
In soft shoes he beckons a girl,
\ninto the depths of a mossy wood,
\nover root and worm, acorn and leaf,
\nto do what no other could, or would.<\/p>\n
The huntsman’s knife is at the ready,
\nhe walks behind her, holding a breath,
\nbut when the time comes, his strike is halted-
\nthe young girl pleads to stay her death.<\/p>\n
The ferns that dress the twisted trees,
\nthe mosses that whisper a sigh,
\nThe oak that bends its heavy branches,
\nall of them, too, ask the huntsman, “Why?”<\/p>\n
As she runs into the distance,
\nthe air thunders with the creaking of wood,
\nas the forest turns its branches to him,
\nfor doing what no man would, or should.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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