I , Mother Wolf
Tonight, the hour is late
as I sit here on the outskirts of
our ever narrowing homeland.
High atop a snow covered slope, I find
myself looking down into eighteen
small burning yellow eyes begging for food
But alas, I have none to give them
All day I have prowled this area and
gotten as close as I dared to get
to the gardens of man, looking for
a rabbit or any of the lesser animals
to bring as sustenance to my cubs
I had found none... so... my beloved babies
must try to survive on only the water found
in licked snow.
I should still have milk for them but
starved bodies are incapable of milk
production and it has been days since I have eaten
I listen to them cry and it tears my heart.
I may not be human but I have feelings
and I love my little ones. they don't deserve
to die like this!
Their tummies burn and they cry out in pain
.
I howl my desperation and my anger
to Father Moon, high in the night sky
but he does not hear me anymore
It's been that way ever since man has built
his brick houses ever closer to my homeland
All I can do is curl around my little ones and hope
they can find some warmth left in my half starved body
We will wait together for Mother Nature to take
us across the Rainbow bridge to where the wild things go
where all life is precious.
Goodnight my little ones. try to sleep.. it will be easier this way
Life used to be wonderful ... until man came here
I'm getting drowsy now... Sure wish I knew how to pray!
God Help mankind .. what have we done?
By jollynoblefrog
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