WAYASTI
THE MIGHTY WOLF
IN THE DAMPNESS OF THE MORNING MIST,
AS A CHILL FILLS THE AIR,
SILENCE IS DISPLAYED WITHIN THE PACK,
PROTECTING EYES ANXIOUSLY GLARE...
WHILE AWAITING THE ARRIVAL,
OF THE NEWEST TO THEIR CLAN,
THE ALFA MALE LAYS LIFELESS,
HIS EXISTENCE EXTINGUISHED BY MAN...
A YOUNG MOTHER IS NOW READY,
TO BRING JOY INTO THIS MORN,
SHE IS NESTLED INSIDE AN OLD FALLEN TREE,
HERE, LIFE WILL ONCE AGAIN BE KNOWN...
WHINES AND WHELPS FILL THE DEN,
AS THE CUBS COME ONE BY ONE,
THIS MOTHER IS EXHAUSTED,
AS SHE GAZES UPON HER NEW SONS...
FOUR LITTLE ADDITIONS,
SHE HAS GIFTED MOTHER EARTH,
TO FILL THE NIGHT AIR WITH SOUND,
THE PACK HOWLS, TO WELCOME THE BIRTHS...
HER LOVING TOUCH IS WELCOMED,
AS EACH CHARGE SEEKS HER OUT,
NUZZLING AGAINST HER BELLY,
AS SHE LICKS TO CLEAN EACH MOUTH...
BEAUTIFUL GIFTS FROM THE CREATOR,
ARE EACH OF HER NEWEST KIN,
AS THEIR CURIOSITY OVER COMES THEM,
ONE BY ONE VENTURE OUT OF THE DEN...
ONE PUP IS VERY FRIGHTENED,
AND RELUCTANT TO GO OUT,
WHILE TWO MORE ARE VERY CAUTIOUS,
BUT CURIOUS, NONE THE DOUBT...
THE FOURTH PUP IS DIFFERENT,
A LEADER, PLAIN TO SEE,
WITH THE COURAGE AND CONFIDENCE OF AN ALFA,
NO DOUBT HE WILL SOMEDAY BE...
HE HOLDS HIS HEAD VERY HIGH,
AS HE WONDERS AWAY FROM THE DEN,
LARGER THEN THE OTHER THREE,
ONE DAY, A MIGHTY WOLF HE WILL BE...
HE LOOKS UP TO THE SKY,
AND SHOWS OMAGE TO THE GREAT SPIRIT,
WITH ALL THE AIR THESE LITTLE LUNGS CAN HOLD,
HE RELEASES A HOWL, AND PUTS HIS WHOLE HEART IN IT...
THE OTHERS WITHIN THE PACK,
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO ALL THIS,
FORE ON THAT EARLY MORN,
THEIR NEW LEADER WAS BORN IN THE MIST...
HIS NAME IS WAYASTI,
THE MIGHTY WOLF, ALL AGREE,
HE WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF HIS FATHER,
LIFE GOES ON IN SPITE OF MAN'S STUPIDITY.
PLEASE, SAVE THE WOLF!!!!
BY: JOYCE MOUNTAIN LION KOZIC
NOVEMBER 2000
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