Hardly a word between us,
just the wolf tracing our movements.
Day left slowly, becoming dusk
and I thought, here too we are bound
by the sky and the stars
and as we went I faltered,
Why this journey?
I did not ask for it, am no pilgrim,
rather one who aims, but dares not shoot
or clenches and then unclenches,
always threatened by the folly of fear
or the soft slide into weariness.
Category: Inferno Songs 1-9
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Inferno Song 2: The Forester’s Story
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Inferno Song 1 – A Dream of Wild Animals
Young leopards in the dawn,
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gambolling gay upon the lawn.
I was afraid. I was so full of sleep,
and as I lay still the sun leapt at me,
stung me, so fear ran right through.
The kittens rolled and jostled
and my blood shook, and my error.