Yellow Eyes

Yellow Eyes Joan L. Van Vels

We've roamed the wild country

My beautiful yellow eyes,

Side by side we've hunted Shadows dancing on northern skies.

There have been times of plenty We were content and serene,

Peacefully sleeping Dangers few and far between.

We've also known much hunger Ribs protruding from each side,

Mournfully we howled

When our starving cubs had died.

And then there was our first winter

Romping thru the glistening snow,

Tasting each crystal snowflake

Falling gently to and fro.

Ah my dear, sweet yellow eyes

I've known no greater love,

Without you, I am nothing

Our wild souls are one.

And now you lay there dying

Steel jaws upon your frame,

Life's blood slowly seeping

I whimper your sweet name.

Helpless, I watch you struggle

Chest heaving with labored breath,

Steel jaws clenching tighter

Winds whisper the song of death.

The blood has now stopped flowing I know the time is near,

And you will forever leave me

My love, my life, my dear.

And now my world is silent

Your struggles now have ceased,

I lay my head upon you

And know you are at peace.

Perhaps your soul has lifted

To skies where eagles soar,

And there you'll greet your brothers

To run with them forever more.

And someday I shall find you In the heaven's so far above,

And when our wild soul's unite

There'll be no greater love.