Raven Mocker
This is a response to a Writer’s Island prompt, “superstition”. I chose to write about raven mockers, a kind of wizard/witch/evil spirit in Cherokee mythology. Enjoy.
-Nicole
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I come for
the souls of the dying;
for they are
my only sustenance.
I can smell impending death
from far away.
What you consider
stench is incense to me,
sweet and toxic;
guard your dying
well, for I seek their
hearts for food.
I take the
form of Raven so that
I am not victim
myself, for scavengers
are not the stuff of
other creatures’ sustenance.
Beware me: I
live long from the strength
of your souls;
For I am
Raven Mocker, and I seek
out your dying.
Written 6/16/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
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wow. awesome.
i really enjoyed this.. in its own way it is a depiction of certain people as well as the ravens it sets out to describe… very well done…
Thank you, everyone. I think the real ravens would be angry and offended at the raven mockers. Ravens are cunning and intelligent, if not also noble, creatures. Raven mockers are just plain evil.
-Nicole