Running Pair
He and she
Coats of white
They live to be
A matched set
Mates for life
Across frozen creeks
And fields of white
They fear no creature
Great or small
Side by side
They defeat them all
Love and devotion
Bonded together
in this life or the next
Always forever
Not just bodies
But hearts mated too
A pair of White Wolves
Me...........and you
Lone Wolf
by Robert "Wild Wolf" Leavitt
A silhouette up on the rock
the full moon hangs behind
The wolf song that is sung
in search for its own kind...
He once was called "Alpha Male"
the Lead Wolf of his pack
A position lost with age
due to the stamina he lacks...
He once stood strong and tall
this old aged canine king
Tonight he walks the dark alone
with no pack, no den, nothing...
For time is without mercy
pulling the strong to their knees
He lifts his voice once more
to send his song on the night breeze...
The countless stars across the sky
watch him from far above
He mournfully recalls his Life Mate
of his life, the missing love...
His mind drifts to the many hunts
and the sharing of the blood lust
When he could identify his Brothers
and he knew who he could trust...
Now he is a Renegade
and he scavenges alone
Through many nights of hunger
while chewing on an old bone...
Off in the distance he can hear
the "others" share the Howling
Around him he can hear others
the predators out prowling...
He knows his time is limited
as he lays his head upon his paws
There in that desert moonlight
his old heart finally does pause...
The pack does sense his passage
so they pause, the howl in check
Then fill the night with their wolf song
his pack shows their Respect.
In the darkness my cries go to the moon,
knowing they might find me sometime soon.
The strong scent of danger grows ever clear,
and footsteps tell me that my enemy is near.
For so long I've been hiding and running away,
now in exhaustion my memory begins to stray.
Remembering all of the things I loved so much,
and feeling the gentle hand of nature's touch.
Long before I became such a threat to man,
one day they started chasing me and away I ran.
Slowly moving in shadow thru the trees,
never again to be free to do as I please.
Each little noise would give me such a fright,
finding my only protection in the cover of night.
I saw a nice warm barn and a good night's sleep,
never suspecting they might miss on or two sheep.
I would gladly have paid for the meal if able,
unlike them with venison and quail on the table.
While always thinking of ways to make amends,
wondering if they were sorry for eating my friends.
Just one night of hunger led to a lifetime of fear,
losing everything in life that I held so dear.
Watching my friends frolic and play in the field,
brought tears to my eyes for my fate was sealed.
Now the secluded wilderness has become my home,
left with only loneliness and a desire to roam.
Now the only peace that I can find it seems,
is when I fall asleep and drift into dreams.
Then so warm and secure in the blanket of night,
just ahead lies a meadow all flooded with light.
The full moon has turned the night into day,
bringing an irresistible urge to romp and play.
To be rolling in grass so cool and so damp,
in the soft warm flow from nature's lamp.
Just to sleep on my back and see a shooting star,
and make my wish to be in places afar.
But knowing that I must go quickly instead,
because of the bounty they placed on my head.
There's a moonlit meadow with its cooling stream,
has the freedom of heaven now seen in my dream.
And sometime soon maybe even this fall,
I will stand in the grass so proud and tall.
Then I'll cross over the field moving so fast,
fully aware that each step could be my last.
Really tired of life in hiding and running away,
so with a contented smile I'll stop and stand there today.
Silent paws trotting
on a well beaten trail,
alone in the wilderness,
so young and so frail.
Little yips go unanswered,
the moon is now his guide,
looking for ones just like him,
or have all of them just died?
He sniffs the dampened ground
and senses man everywhere,
the silence is deafening
no howls in the air.
Oh why did he venture
so far from his den,
while his pack fell silent
at the hands of men?
His stomach is growling
but the hunger he’ll endure,
his pack family is out there
it’s their blood he smells for sure.
He stops in his tracks
and raises his head up high,
the terror overwhelms him
as he lets out another cry.
But still there’s no answer
he can’t understand why,
he’ll follow their trail
or he surely will die.
For days now he’s traveled
his spirit and body gone weak,
he lies down in white clover
no more energy left to speak.
Soon the soul hovers
over this tiny, frail pup,
whose future now will be guarded
as his soul travels up.
What right does man have
to take life from a living thing,
that has no way to voice its defense
against a human being?
The wolf is a symbol,
a brother, a friend.
It’s time now for action
before his existence comes to an end.
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