The Owl, The Swan, The Wolf
by
Robby Richardson
It was a quiet evening just after dusk
When sun has set and pressed it’s luck
Before the stars begin to shimmer over a lake reflecting diamond's glimmer
Did three animals meet by chance subtle as a moonlit dance
To talk about a land still untamed, still magical not the same
Untouched by a destructive hand...the hand of man
It took a minute for the animals to speak for they hardly ever meet
But as a whole they are complete
[Owl]
I am the Owl, wise and learned through time, I see the wisdom in all mankind
Their crowning achievements and power to save
The science that creates a better day and the wisdom to put guns away
To save a runaway and lets them live to an old age
[Wolf]
HA, old age for an old page, they listen to what I say violent ways
They create these dark days then pray for peace on Sundays
Intelligence...the hell with it, wisdom makes a hell of it
Fine line between insanity and genius, swan you see this
Believing this, the day the violence dies I’ll be missed
[Swan]
Pure white as a fresh snow let my wings unfold
Brightens any darkness even the Wolf bows slightly under my glow
I am beauty of and within everything
From the loneliest flower or mountain tower
The laugh of a child or an animal in the wild
From clouds of bright or sunshine light
The beauty in an underdog winning the fight
The beauty in health that cures the sick
The end of a long life in time’s last tick
The beauty of trust an in true love, the beauty from below and above
Beauty that rises out of complete destruction
The flower that yearns to be more than just...something
[Wolf]
Beauty is only skin deep in the eyes of the beholder
Underneath it all the story grows colder
Man is blind to what they're living only seeing the wolf within it
Beauty is in the hunt...the glory in the kill
Gaining the upper hand, that’s a beauty you’ll never understand
[Swan]
The beauty beyond the broken road and shattered bond
The destruction of all that remains beauty will always be the same
Rising like a phoenix steady and true to make the world anew
Even you are beautiful my friend, a mystery trapped in a snow capped mountain
But when it sounds what does man doth fear…
[Wolf]
They fear and danger that draw near
[Swan]
No, the beauty it brings when touches thy ear
A place where animals still remain first…
[Wolf]
That somewhere deep in the world evil still lurks
[Owl]
Will you two stop it...your arguing doesn’t appease
What do you both hope to achieve
Like mankind’s worker violence only travels in a circle
Blood only gets redder fighting like men...we’ll become no better
And within that silence so died the violence
Returning to whatever greeted them whether by fate or a delirium
They would return when the world needed them
The End