In dreams I return
To my home
The primeval forest
The place
Your nightmares come to call
Where the living undergrowth
Suffocates
While overhead
Shaded verdancy
A claustrophobic canopy
Blocks out Apollo’s potency
Emrald eyes
Antlered head
I am the lord of the hunt
Born to die
To be reborn
Until the end time
Welcome sleeper to my domain
Falling through the air
Captured by the fear
Your hands reach out to grab
But there’s nothing even there
You hit the ground with a jolt
Eyes open
Standing upright
You are within my woods at last
The sound of dogs barking
To the sound of my laughter echoing
Reaches into your thoughts
The horn is blown
My call is answered
A symphony of dogs
Howling for the hunt
And you are the prey
A sense of doom
Washes over you
You make a move
Running scared
So naked now
The chase begins
Unto your end
Stumbling blind
Down ancient ways
Plants whip and lash
You collapse in fatigue
Before my shrine
The tree of life
Prepare to die
I am here to claim my price
The springtime of your life
Your head now bowed
Now taste my blade
Your sacrifice
Shall now
Feed
Worm and root
Earth swallows whole
Feeding on your lost soul
Leaf and sap
Tastes your blood
Vines entwine
Consume the flesh
Until the bones are all that’s left
Seasons pass
Now be warned
I am Cernunnos
I have returned.