creature of myths and legends
most deny that you ever exist
yet time after time you reappear
history the world wide names you
depicts you with spiral single horn
gleaming white starry coat
its said only in a virgin you trust
when you will lay your head
in her lap as she tames
your ferocity and wildness
only then can you be caught
yet should we capture you?
is it not best to leave you free?
some things are best left alone
never to be proved as fact
I know I believe you to be real
yet a wondrous creature living
that forever free and wild should be



The unicorn is a legendary animal from European folklore that resembles a white horse with a large, pointed, spiralling horn projecting from its forehead, and cloven hooves. First mentioned by the ancient Greeks, it became the most important imaginary animal of the Middle Ages and Renaissance when it was commonly described as an extremely wild woodland creature, a symbol of purity and grace, which could only be captured by a virgin. In the encyclopedias its horn was said to have the power to render poisoned water potable and to heal sickness.