Lone Wolf
 

 

The
Wind
from out
my Father Sky
has beckoned me
to leave the pack

He offers me His Breath
Life Force that dwells within my flesh

From ancient home it calls me back

Inhaling deep within my lungs
I feel the whisper of my name

A Loner now releasing Breath
to flow with Wind again

Where to it goes
is no one’s place
to know
just joining now
as Spirit of the Sky
that blows

Roaming hills
by day
and
howling
to
the
moon
by night
a seeker of the truth
is where I find my flight

Upon
the reverent
Mother Earth
I feel my way
while She
has drawn me
to Her
Sacred Breasts
to feed me
with Her prey

But
from the
early dawn
to setting sun thru night

to a new dawn once again
I feel intensity of pain
no matter whether
moon
or
sun
that
shines

I am a Vagabond by night
with only stars to guide my way

I am a Wanderer by day
leaping across
the emptiness
of heart
I yearn
will
pass away

But then amidst the morning dew
a Light has come within my view

The night is gone
the stars of hope
have found
their way
to
filter
through

From out the heavens two remain
which touch my heart
releasing pain

And they are but the precious eyes of you

That speak to me
a message deep
a passion with
its fiery flame
of crimson red
to give me warmth
where heart’s gone cold
where I had seemed but close to corpse
just wishing for the Earth to swallow me as dead

I feel your Breath
that
Force of Life
which flows
within your being
from Father Sky

It settles on the grass below
to join itself with morning dew
where here I stand
and look at you
a treasure
of most
perfect form
creation
brighter
than the sun
now whetting
passion in my loins
that ever we be One

Come closer
is my heart
but wishing
yet to speak

Lost once before
I named myself
the
Wanderer
the
Vagabond
for all on Mother Earth to see
though creature was I ever fast and free

A greater thirst
is mine to fear
now
seeing
you
yet never
being near

A
Vagabond
by
night
a
Wanderer
by
day
I’d come
my heart to hide
and take my stride
running far
away

So cautiously you take a step
and I in turn now follow suit

Another still
and then another
in a circle of a sacred dance
where here I sense the joy of new romance

Our eyes now lock
both yours and mine

New innocence is born

I recognize the blessed Soul
beneath the beauty of your form

A memory return
of moons and even worlds of long ago
where you had held me close
in love’s embrace

My heart it was that you had warmed

And suddenly
within
this
treasured gift of now
you
know
my name

Both
Wanderer
and
Vagabond
they ever are the same

So leap you swiftly into Wind
yet beckon me to follow course

And thus I join with you at side
dancing to the rhythm of your stride
breathing in and then exhaling to the Sky
His Living Force

Upon our Mother Earth
we spend this day
two children
yes
two
joyous pups
in cheerful play

Running
Leaping
Brawling

Sleeping

At last
you
cuddled
at my side

A nap we take
though heart awake

Passion never shall it hide

I dream of you
with vision of the stars
where eyes reveal a Spirit
even grander than
the graceful motions
of your flight

And finally stir
all sleep is past

You lie with me
through
joyous
hours
of the night

I seize your Breath
new Wind alive within my flesh

One now are we
both you and I
Beloved Child
of
Mother Earth
and
Father Sky

The
moon
that shows
entire face of
milky white
casting
off
the glow of
borrowed light
becomes the beacon
of the promise and the hope
now written in the stars of Father Sky

For there you lie
on
Mother Earth
Beauty
to whom
she’s given birth
indeed a sacred daughter of the Sky
who enraptures heart
of
Wanderer
and
Vagabond
as
I

The
darkness done
a morning sun
soon peaks across the tops of hills
where footprints are that we have left behind
into the Sky
from
mortal lives
to
zenith
where our new life
now begins

Then
to the pack
we journey back
and
there
I teach
unto my friends
the truth in life is pain and strife
that blossoms into blessed love again

Yet
Wanderer
and Vagabond am I
but now with you to journey
at my side

Freedom
cries
and
now
we fly
across
the hills
and prairies
vast and wide

Onward
now
we
roam
as
One
joining
hearts
as
music
howling
to the moon
that shines above
announcing to the world
that sleeps beneath its brilliant stars
the truth profound is joy we’ve found
as sweetness of our everlasting love

Brent Gunderson - Copyright 1998