Nature's Wonders: Fact & Fiction - ( By David Hurt)

David Hurt's Oryx: Unicorn Myth

 Shimmering in the equatorial sun,

The masters of the sand seas

Are spied by travellers from Ur...

Weeks later,

At their destination,

The travellers tell tales of the beasts

They spied

Whilst trading with their newfound purchaser clientele...

The purchasers,

Who believed the tales,

Investigated the claims...

In turn they told anyone who would listen,

Of the beasts with thorns that protrude from their heads...

The tales crossed boundaries of different peoples,

 Travelled seas and oceans,

 Crossed generations...

Generations

Who told tales of a horse

With one horn...

The Unicorn...

A white horse,

Beautiful,

Diligent

And formidable...

Its beauty

Allures all who spy it too closely,

To a doomed fate

Of hallucinations,

Thirst

And hunger...

Yet if lucky enough,

 To spy it from a far,

 Its diligence and formidable urge

Will lead all to the life giving quench

Of water...

To paradise...