Haven Of Protective Pale

Haven Of Protective Pale
© Surazeus
2026 08 11

Enclosed in haven of protective pale, 
that surrounds her home with forcefield of love, 
Juturna ponders all possible fates 
that might result from each action she takes, 
then chooses one grand deed she can perform 
to send dead souls back to their greedy graves. 

Though bodies of our souls mingle with dirt 
that glows with ancient light of long-dead stars, 
they call her name with faint voice of the breeze 
that translates words of her secretive thoughts 
to butterflies that flit among fruit trees 
with timeless messages from silent hills. 

When she expresses hopeful thought of life 
with soft uncanny voice of her mute heart, 
Juturna feels strange sorrow take new shape 
that walks beside her on the garden path 
where she still wanders listlessly, attuned 
to ache of wisdom in each flower bloom. 

When old Neptunus, with his cracked horse skull, 
appears from shadow of relentless hope, 
Juturna twirls on graceful steps of fear 
with plan to evade hard grasp of his hand, 
but he pins her against the garden wall, 
demanding that she bear child of his soul. 

If gleaming moon of sharp anxiety 
stays hidden behind veil of innocence, 
Juturna vows with trembling voice of rage 
to cast dire spell of poisonous despair 
that strikes his heart with limp sterility, 
then pokes his leg with stick of verity. 

Averse to harsh potency of her curse, 
Neptunus hesitates at sense of doom 
that misdirects attention of his hope 
sideways enough for well-witch to strike hard 
and wrestle old sea-god facedown in dirt 
where she binds his hands with vine of the law. 

Arriving with three goats he bought from Faunus, 
Saturnus grins amused when he observes 
how his clever daughter subdues cruel thief 
who slouches bound to trunk of the tall oak, 
so he shoves old horse-tamer out the gate, 
then roasts steaks for his grandchildren to eat. 

Alert in haven of protective pale, 
Juturna guards three children of her heart 
who play hide and seek with bearded grandfather, 
climbing on his back as Saturnus spins 
and howls with demon voice of ocean waves, 
then they sleep as she keeps watch in moonlight.