My Celestial Beast

The moon rises, shinning within the night sky in all its glory and I welcome the sight of this all-knowing sphere in the heavens that beckons me to come play once again.  The thick clouds in the distance hail the promise of sweet rain as the crooked finger of light illuminates the edge of the land where the moon had failed to touch.  1

I feel the slight shift of the temperature drop as the wind begins to increase and my senses heighten to sharp clarity.  The rain is much closer than it first had whispered, though it seems the Rain Lord has decided to tease this night and keep that coolness from me.  2

It is here when frustration settles in that I feel her stir within.  The Beast.  She is clawing at my frame, begging me to release my hold of her.  Then suddenly Zeus, as if he had grown tired of his fun, released his power and in a resounding snap of thunder the night sky was illuminated in pale-blue light.  Deep within, that primitive growl that had been building deep within my soul escaped my lush lips.  She was ready and she wanted out. NOW.3

It was with that animal roar for freedom that my eyes flickered to sharp yellow and my back curled, dropping me to my knees.  It was a painful pleasure as my human form slowly slipped from its station; replaced with the slickness of my black fur.  All my issues of having to please others fall into oblivion, leaving me… only me.4

I scratched the gnawing itch of my reformed legs requesting me to run, when I caught his scent.  The scent of my mate… he was out there calming his own ache of reformed muscles.  He had been awaiting the moon, just as I, to awaken the beast within and now he burned for me to join him.  Bounding through the dense foliage, my beast leaped toward that of our mate, hoping we’d make it before our urges for him were overpowering.  5

Will we make it in time?6