DULLAHAN

Beneath
A moonlit sky
Alone
Wandering the country side
Drunken thoughts
Stirring inside
Unaware
To passersby

Golden cross
At his neck
Holding fast to stumbled steps
Casting protection
Upon his confused countenance
Caring not to check
The shadows at his back
Lost from the path
Giving none a second glance

Silent death approaches
Swiftly in the night
An omen of the end
Inducing deadly fright
To look upon its horror
Wrought with dread inside
Look upon its horror
Will be the last sight

Hissing winds behind him
Overtaken in his stride
A deathly shadow
Sweeping by
Upon its horror fell the eyes

Striking panic
Deep inside
The headless rider stopped before him
Whipping gore into his eyes

Succumbing to the pain
Falling to his side
Darkness entombs him
Never again to see the light

Piercing eyes like embers
Glaring back into his memories
Disembodied howling
Fleeting in the night

Seven moons pass
In the hamlet where he dwells
To escape his mortal fate
His soul he would sell

For the rider shall return
Atop
His demon steed

Smoldering hooves
Tearing through the moonlit veil

Unyielding
To any man’s creed

Stripped of protection
His neck laid bare
Lost
In
A drunken wager
Heavy
Is the air

Doubled over in the commons
Restless in his anger
Forsaken by his faith
Soon to be forgotten
Doubled over in the commons
Restless is his anger
Forsaken by his faith
Soon to be forgotten

Sounds of shutters bursting open
Whirling all around
Silent death beside him
Hooves burn the ground
A man’s name is spoken
No longer bearing golden token
Heart
Rendered
Broken
Swift decapitation
By way of silver blade
Another soul taken
Beyond the resting graves

Dullahan rides
Beneath the blackened skies
Severed head in hand
Surveying all the lands
Dullahan rides
Beneath the blackened skies
Severed head in hand
Surveying all the lands

Relentless in pursuit
Mortals fall before it
Low hanging fruit
Beheaded souls of man
Adorn his wicked horse
Black as the shadows
Cast unto the night
Cast unto the night

Dullahan rides
Beneath the blackened skies
Severed
Head in hand
Surveying
All the lands
Dullahan
Rides