Bonds

Deep within, the howl of freedom
beckons like a flare in the dark
a moth flutters by for he is old
& wise in the way of the wolf

a thud somewhere, screech from the nocturnal
blinded by the light, flickering alive
the warmth bestowing a halo
a glisten of the eye & then the tear ran dry
now brothers in arms together

a wizened face, slowly up the creek
to where the innocent had fallen
deep within the crevice of night
to mourn the love that was forgotten

along the young path they had thread
life was so beautiful
accompanying now was the love of the beast
where both of them had fallen

in a flash of a moment, a flame of a gun
two brothers had united
now brothers in the wild, bonded by love
bonded by sorrow eternal...