OR7 later called Journey

Creation put before us pure perfection
A highly regarded animal who could
really manage distance
Was wild and very knowledgable an integral part
Of life
But up against the haughty he became
A bad boy in the eyes of all the ranchers
Whose ignorance was like a sordid flame
like wildfire it of course spread every which way
Among those herding cattle and so they
Blamed the wolf for all of their predation
But wolves are very balanced in the way
They operate they seldom take down cattle
And if they do its rancher error and
Ranchers some are arrogant beyond their time
And they haven’t got a clue about the land

The first people knew the wolves they lived beside them
They knew their hunting prowess and beyond
They were from noble stock their freedom was their rock
And really in a sense they kept a bond
Going with the wolves a thread of secrecy
Clearly great respect was shared by all
Infact the wolves were very much like you or me
They persevered they were tireless to their call

THe Imnaqha pack were a family bold and earnest
From north Eastern Oregon a while ago
In 2009 one soul called OR 7 surfaced
Ninety pounds of muscle as we know
Really they have a predetermination
Instinctively they know their way around
They really are the children of the wilderness
Warriors who work in packs and have found

Their purpose and intention all set fine for them
In pursuit of a partner they may go
to unprecedented sources
Even across state lines
The soul urge is the power the light that clearly shines
And despite the evil wall of death encountered
The inner spirit instinctively is there
Every waking hour and every salient thought
Provides the compass setting always fair

A journey of such a magnitude sets hackles to the fore
Where men with rifles are waiting with evil at their core
Where other packs of wolves be but it makes no difference they
The dispersed and the undaunted wolf always knows his way
His power is super human his openness to be
He is the truest sculptor of what is our geography
He by himself can balance the rivers and each tree
Can redesign the open spaces and achieves it naturally

oR7 took himself over mountains and everwhere
Across the raging rivers bringing him despair
He stayed away from human eyes a phantom let us say
With a will to be invisible and never ever pay
For being in his element where creation put him, he
Was relevant an essential force for good essentially
A lone wolf with such foresight with much measure on the trail
Improvising substituting his wisdom didn’t fail
Wolves are so resourceful in every single way
They are always one step ahead on any given day

He must have felt the beauty the excitement of the light
His hunting trips so powerful whether day or night
He was so selective of the prey he took and we
Can learn much from his true reserves which are a constancy
Did he lay down his unique scent for other wolves to use
Or did he follow and age old path himself did he choose
To open up his inner power his ancestral acclaim
Exhaustless and overflowing with the abundance of the same

The past has heard the thunderous roar of the hunter man who will
Break into the wolves persona where high powered rifles spill
Their guts upon the wilderness or entrap them thus great care
The wolf is in his daily flow and remains always aware
He is in his integrity a spirit of our time
Despite the malevolence of man who cannot hope to climb
Into the true blown psyche where the wolf exists to be
Flawless in his interpretation of life expectancy

The challenges where so immense but the wolf child carried on
And finally reached California his journey undergone
A thousand miles of drama played out under his feet
Nothing really phases him his weaponry complete
And was seen by one Liz Parrish who couldn’t believe her eyes
Underneath a cedar tree climbing to the skies
Washing in its marvellous shade and staring straight at her
She couldn’t find her camera to record what did occur

Not for 80 years or more had wild wolf ventured by
So to see this handsome devil with brightest truest eye
Staring back at her this day took her by surprise
He was a pure oil painting one of the unique guys
She looked down and then and he was gone he was no more
He had evaporated invisible for sure his camouflage was wonderful
His ability
to be there one minute gone the next set down his history

oR7 Had been his name the trait of human kind
so a competition was set up and “JOURNEY”they did find
Was the best and the most suitable name
And I have to agree
OR7’s brand new name of course was yes JOURNEY
He found a mate and started a family he was sure
His genes would march through time forever and no one would ignore
He made his way across the lines to Oregan where he had come from
Found his way back home becoming history
Himself a lone wolf made it all those many miles
Left his pack and then did track experiencing the trials
And of course the tribulations of living close to man
Frightened by his ghostly howling his story thus began
A positive commitment to wolves where ere they be
A wave of sincere and avid thought To free them hopefully
From torrid vileness given them by the ignorance of man
Who could never understand them and who had lost the will to plan
To instigate expression for the genuine divide
A champion in every way who could always be relied
Upon to be one step ahead of man un kind who thought
He had the better of the wolf but reality in short
Has given wolves the upper hand as their reintroduction shows
That with persistence and involvement eventually they pose
And carry on their symphony their music fills our hearts
Even those horrid rancher men who works in fits and starts
Come to see the wolves for who they are and how they be
Advantageous to us into eternity

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