Being wild is respect<\/p>\n
for the wild tundra<\/p>\n
the scope the vastness of the wilderness<\/p>\n
the attention to great detail<\/p>\n
the admiration earned<\/p>\n
the reverential spirit<\/p>\n
all of that is learned<\/p>\n
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the virtuousness<\/p>\n
the moral strength<\/p>\n
the base integrity<\/p>\n
the Arctic Wolf<\/p>\n
has all this power<\/p>\n
and still it remains free<\/p>\n
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the severity of the climate<\/p>\n
the harshness of it all<\/p>\n
the relentless day to day stuff<\/p>\n
ands the negatives that befall<\/p>\n
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the widespread persecution<\/p>\n
in the annals of all time<\/p>\n
the fiction writers said it<\/p>\n
as did the men of rhyme<\/p>\n
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a rock of orange sandstone<\/p>\n
a wind hewn cave was where<\/p>\n
the family lived \u00a0for many life times<\/p>\n
with all the true despair<\/p>\n
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they had no fear of people<\/p>\n
the hunters came and went<\/p>\n
they clearly bagged some wild souls<\/p>\n
but never made a dent<\/p>\n
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its a savage land \u00a0and \u00a0the wild places<\/p>\n
show less humility<\/p>\n
the winds tear over yonder<\/p>\n
its no place to be<\/p>\n
brutality is everywhere<\/p>\n
the nerves are tested by<\/p>\n
the agony of nature<\/p>\n
when scavenging is high<\/p>\n
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the carrion is out there<\/p>\n
maybe some caribou<\/p>\n
stumbled on a mountain ledge<\/p>\n
a flew into the blue<\/p>\n
was ravaged by the raptors<\/p>\n
melted by the worms<\/p>\n
and picked off by all and sundry<\/p>\n
all now coming to terms<\/p>\n
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with starvation and the ravages<\/p>\n
of wildness which are there<\/p>\n
tormenting every alpha male<\/p>\n
who really has to share<\/p>\n
all his huge experience<\/p>\n
across a darkling sky<\/p>\n
where ice floes sweep and plunder<\/p>\n
or a fjord that just sails by<\/p>\n
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cotton grass grows everywhere<\/p>\n
as spring perks up and tries<\/p>\n
and ritual happens everywhere<\/p>\n
right before our eyes<\/p>\n
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Being wild is respect for the wild tundra the scope the vastness of the wilderness the attention to great detail the admiration earned the reverential spirit all of that is learned the virtuousness the moral strength the base integrity … Continue reading