Wolf

Wolf

The trail is long, and shadows loom
Ahead of me is a wintery tomb

The sled rocks and the dogs Howl
The tormented soul of the winds yowl

The ice swallows me, splinters my soul
Shards piercing my bones into thousand holes

A Shadow, fur and teeth, and wistful Howl
I grit my teeth, I snarl and growl

The smell of blood will lure the Beast
Dogs and Man a delicious feast

I stare into the golden eyes, the amber
Blazes into my soul, serene and somber

We Howl in unison we call upon the wind
To judge this duel, the champion grinned

I am the Wolf, the Spirit that guides
I am the Wolf, a will that strides

Into a different world, a different past
Or a future that ripples in golden blasts

The horizon is streaked with a golden hue
A magnet, a sun that leads to the "Distant Blue"

My spirit roams closer to times gone
Yet I see a light beckoning me to the Sun

Spirit burning with desire to transform or die
I am a Wolf, a song once sung will forever Fly

The ice breaks, I drown into the distant past
A grip snatches me from oblivion wide and vast

I look up into the eyes of the Wolf, divine
Shadow dissolves into majestic design

I hear the dogs around me bark
The sun had set and the glooming dark

A distant Star in the sky shines bright
The Wolf and me are one with the night

I am the Wolf, a spirit that guides
I am the Wolf that lived and died

To protect my pack, I give my life
To save the Man and to end the strife

Between Wolf and Man, we are One
Our Spirit together will rise to the Sun

Entwined in a glow that the heavens transform
Rise and twirl to become the Storm

The Wolf is now the spirit of the Man
We are the pack, the pride and clan

We are the Ice eternal and sublime
We are the song that powered this rhyme
Together forever till the End of Time

Max O'Reilly