The Big Bad Wolf, shows herself
Late at night in the meadow of dreams
From somewhere in my unconscious mind
The she wolf shows her fangs and I shiver
"Why is she following me?" I whisper to myself
I never hunted you for sport or pleasure !"
"I know this, human!" she answers impatiently
in a mournful tone that only wolves can create
"How can I hear you this way?" I ask her
"Do you love your children???" she asks
I answer her with suspicion and say "yes I do"
"The Creator made us both, are we not related?" she asks me
"I don't know," I answer guiltily, fearfully knowing what not to say
"You humans once knew, but you are now unaware" she replies
"You have forgotten who cries with you"
"We were family long ago, living together"
"Family?" I say querulously with a tone of fear
" Those old stories are fairy tales for children, they have no connection to reality" I respond
The she wolf howls a response so mournful that I shiver again, tingling in my spine
"I came to you in hope, knowing you might not understand" she howls filled with grief
"Human, you hunt us and murder our families!" she growls
"We too were made by the Creator"
"Our children are orphaned and lands we once shared with you now are yours alone, stolen without forethought, kept without regret!"
"Everywhere we once hunted has been ransacked and ruined!" she cried....
"We never took more than we needed to see our children grow up"
"We killed only what we needed to feed our family, young and old" she continued
"When humans stole our territory, we hunted what we could kill in smaller ranges"
"We killed your cows because our children and elders were dying!" She howled
I listened without judgement as the mother wolf spoke her heart
Finally, I whimpered "I am only one man, you ask too much from me"
"In our past together you were but one man before you spread like ants" she answered
"Please" she implored....
"Before our home is spoiled for all, return to the old ways that we all may survive together as the Creator planned"
We parted, both with heavy hearts, hoping human kind and the Earth we call home will live together peacefully, knowing anything else means mass extinction-a once beautiful world bare of life...waiting for navigators asking
"How did this once beautiful world die?"
Copyright © 2016 by Peter Reum-all rights reserved
"I know this, human!" she answers impatiently
in a mournful tone that only wolves can create
"How can I hear you this way?" I ask her
"Do you love your children???" she asks
I answer her with suspicion and say "yes I do"
"The Creator made us both, are we not related?" she asks me
"I don't know," I answer guiltily, fearfully knowing what not to say
"You humans once knew, but you are now unaware" she replies
"You have forgotten who cries with you"
"We were family long ago, living together"
"Family?" I say querulously with a tone of fear
" Those old stories are fairy tales for children, they have no connection to reality" I respond
The she wolf howls a response so mournful that I shiver again, tingling in my spine
"I came to you in hope, knowing you might not understand" she howls filled with grief
"Human, you hunt us and murder our families!" she growls
"We too were made by the Creator"
"Our children are orphaned and lands we once shared with you now are yours alone, stolen without forethought, kept without regret!"
"Everywhere we once hunted has been ransacked and ruined!" she cried....
"We never took more than we needed to see our children grow up"
"We killed only what we needed to feed our family, young and old" she continued
"When humans stole our territory, we hunted what we could kill in smaller ranges"
"We killed your cows because our children and elders were dying!" She howled
I listened without judgement as the mother wolf spoke her heart
Finally, I whimpered "I am only one man, you ask too much from me"
"In our past together you were but one man before you spread like ants" she answered
"Please" she implored....
"Before our home is spoiled for all, return to the old ways that we all may survive together as the Creator planned"
We parted, both with heavy hearts, hoping human kind and the Earth we call home will live together peacefully, knowing anything else means mass extinction-a once beautiful world bare of life...waiting for navigators asking
"How did this once beautiful world die?"
Copyright © 2016 by Peter Reum-all rights reserved
