Q4 PORTFOLIO Honors Literary Magazine | Page 9

May Bull

The may bull charges through the dry field

He stomps the dry, yellow grass into the ground

With his strong, sturdy hooves and heavy body

He leaves a trail of clouds behind him

He glides, the heavens like firm ground under the rhythmic trampling of his hooves

His nostrils are flaring

His eyes two rubies, burning with passion and fire

His gaze is direct, he;s got nothing to hide

You feel the intensity, the concentration, the fury the greed

There's nothing passive about the bull running through the fields with all his might

His gluttonous gaze on the treasures which he pursues after

They burn with concentration

He is focused

His mind is clear

His path is open, not a branch or a stone or a bump in his way

With bull-headed determination he charges on.

He will not stray from the path which he has decided for himself

He will not listen to false truths and lies which are believed to be true

His gaze may burn like fire, but there’s no smoke to blind his gaze

He will not weaken neither his resolve or the force with which he races

It is spring

The flowers begin to awaken and bloom

The sun, like a torch in the sky

And the fires in the hills and the forest, roar with passion and strength.

It is spring

And the bull is running through the sky

His hooves digging into the blackness of the night

And uncovering the heavens.

His horns are heavy and barbed,

A weapon for war, a trophy of power

And a display of the strength that he carries and the peril which may befall those who are tempted to strike at the bull

They lead the way

They show the path which only the May bull can trample and take.

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