The Pegasus and The Wolf
I remember when I found you,
on the forest floor,
Wings bent and head low
My teeth bared in a hunger for you
Wanting to tear your neck
And planed for your feathers to drip crimson
But yours eyes looked up to me
And said in words only I could understand-
There would be no other reason
A being of flight
Would come so close to the ground
And be caged in the trees that held hidden life
If, it too, was not entranced with it
Like I had been before
And I closed my jaw,
Molders grinding as I backed away
Knowing too well
That the forest had called you
A being that wasn't it’s own
But dwelled within it
And made sure to protect it too
So I let you stay,
Walked away as you healed and flew away
Watched as you came
Bending near the trees
Talking with the birds
And living with the forest itself
And I came close
And you let me
Even though I was one with teeth,
And claws meant to tear your wings,
Your saw me too, and saw the truth
You weren’t scared
And we strayed in the sun
Let my scent meshed with yours
Watched as you would always come back;
And I found myself missing your presence
When out temples meant,
With out heads pressed close
Your antlers like a crown on top of your head
And wings spread out to embrace me
I couldn’t feel safer
And more at peace with anyone else
And the others knew to stay away,
Never came to us
For the forest claimed us,
Like we had claimed each other
So every time you left,
Wings that caught the air
And spread far out in a freedom I hadn’t ever had
I watched from the ground,
Waiting for your return,
Morning your absent as I watched the sky
In anticipation for you to come into my sight
I stayed like I promised,
Always waiting for you to come back
Into the forest we called out home.
