Forgotten Fruit

Forgotten Fruit
Carol St.Ann

Shaman coaxes healing for the quested.
Mission heir is stricken down with fever
fearing faithful deity is tested:
one is truth; the other a tale weaver.
Healing Mystic of the clan of beaver,
ignoring limitations of mankind,
of the ancient mystery, Believer,
mourns loss of one-time faith, now undermined
while human-likened idols' god's enshrined
and Tree that birthed all life is left behind.



Form: Decuain ▼

(pronounced deck won), is 10 line (Decastich) form created by Shelley A. Cephas, and can be used for any subject.
The convention is iambic pentameter, and there are 3 choices of rhyme schemes
a b a b b c b c a a
a b a b b c b c b b
a b a b b c b c c c

Quested - to have been given or to have chosen to embark upon a quest
Undermine - Definition from www.merriam-webster.com/.../undermine- to make (someone or something) weaker or less effective usually in a secret or gradual way.