Blood Song

A tribute to The Wolfman ... (Form: Australian Sonnet)

Blood Song

As wolfsbane blooms ‘neath the full moon,
the call within the tainted blood
drowns out all reason in a flood;
it’s message writ like some dark rune.

In joyous horror he transforms;
the eyes grow sharp, the claws emerge
as bloodlust fills him with a surge
of strength beyond the mortal norms.

Pure instinct now leads him away
into the darkness of the night.
Somewhere, someone will feel his bite;
They are not victim – they are prey.

The night sky fades to shades of red
in tribute to those who lay dead.

Muse Masters Round (16) Selection:
Convention: Oxymoron ~ Figure of speech containing two seemingly contradictory expressions e.g. 'Faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.'
Form: Australian Sonnet ~ This sonnet form has three Envelope quatrains and a couplet, which gives a rhyme sequence of;
a. b. b. a. / c. d. d. c. / e. f. f. e. / g. g. Each sonnet is Tetrameter, Pentameter, or similar.
Genre: Dark