The Thornwatch As Seen By The Daughters
by stilettoblade
‘Twas gloaming in the Eyrewood
And dusk did fall among the leaves
No fleeting drop of sunlight stood
Upon the ground between the trees.
“Beware the briarlock, fair maid,
Though vines are lithe and branches hard,
Beware the greenheart, sage and blade
The warden and the guard.”
She took her staff up in her hand,
So followed she the forest’s call.
And came to see beneath a tree
A noble beast would fall.
The Thornwatch fought the forest lord
To save a hapless villager,
She would as soon have seen him gored;
To her, a pillager!
Came leaves! Came vines! And drove them back.
Her triumph, in all likelihood.
The spirits fled her wrath instead,
And faded in the wood.
“And have thee saved my forest beasts?
Rest in my arms, my leafsome child.”
An ancient fir did cradle her
And nestled she a while.
‘Twas gloaming in the Eyrewood
And dusk did fall among the leaves
No fleeting drop of sunlight stood
Upon the ground between the trees.