{"id":2432,"date":"2012-07-17T05:38:14","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T05:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2432"},"modified":"2013-03-22T17:26:35","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T17:26:35","slug":"life-and-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/07\/life-and-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Life and Death on the Canadian wastes (written for a Canadian friend Heidi)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All these stories,<br \/>\nas a babe, we&#8217;ve heard them<br \/>\nclearly its an aura<br \/>\nof regret<br \/>\nthe savagery of death<br \/>\nits clearly on our minds<br \/>\nwhats its like to<br \/>\nreally fight for breath<\/p>\n<p>the ice and snow<br \/>\nhas a wetness and<br \/>\nshock factor<br \/>\nI remember when I left mama<br \/>\nand was born<br \/>\nshe had carried me<br \/>\ninside her body<br \/>\nand finally<br \/>\nI had realised the Dawn<\/p>\n<p>of Creation was upon me<br \/>\nas I journeyed out into<br \/>\nwhat was the wondrous light<br \/>\nsuch colour for the first time<br \/>\nbrilliant colour<br \/>\ndazzled that&#8217;s the<br \/>\nword I&#8217;d use,<br \/>\nso bright<\/p>\n<p>when mother opened up<br \/>\nthat soft warm tissue of a door<br \/>\nthe sweep of dire emotion<br \/>\ndrew me back inside<br \/>\nher core<br \/>\nbut out I popped<br \/>\nand slithered to a stop<br \/>\nthe wind so raw<br \/>\nher pleading eyes for me to listen<br \/>\ncarefully,so sore<\/p>\n<p>was she, she bled<br \/>\nbut gradually<br \/>\nrecovered, her persona<br \/>\nreally so to say<br \/>\nand in what was an uncontrollable<br \/>\nmoment<br \/>\nI snuggled up and<br \/>\nbeside her<br \/>\nI did lay<\/p>\n<p>It felt like a  banshee<br \/>\nso great and marvellous<br \/>\nthe light so bright<br \/>\nmore than my eyes could see<br \/>\nthat great landscape of ice<br \/>\njust somehow did entice<br \/>\nme closer to mama<br \/>\ndecidedly<\/p>\n<p>Life was an immense<br \/>\nshock for the system<br \/>\nher milk I do recall<br \/>\nwas rich and sweet<br \/>\nwarm, and the coming storm<br \/>\nof my emotions<br \/>\nlying helpless at my<br \/>\nmothers  feet<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday we had pure life together<br \/>\nwe were living<br \/>\nbouncing near the sea<br \/>\ntoday in lakes of blood<br \/>\nwe lay tormented<br \/>\nbeaten to a pulp<br \/>\nunfortunately<br \/>\na tragic stone cold silence<br \/>\nhangs across us all<br \/>\nmy form reflected in the<br \/>\nblood of those<br \/>\naround me, who were murdered<br \/>\nby the gangs of heinous hounds<br \/>\nwho bashed and battered<br \/>\nunderneath our nose<\/p>\n<p>sinew strewn along the blood<br \/>\nsoaked tide line<br \/>\nGannets picking over<br \/>\neven they<br \/>\nmesmerized by the guts and scrawn<br \/>\nthat stretched beyond<br \/>\nas if to warn<br \/>\nany living creature<br \/>\nthat the Dawn<br \/>\nhad clearly fell<br \/>\non top of us and evil<br \/>\nhad descended on us all<br \/>\nthat dreadful day<\/p>\n<p>instinctively those<br \/>\nlatent thoughts of terror<br \/>\nhad come to a conclusion<br \/>\nanyway<br \/>\nwe gathered up what strength<br \/>\nwe had and slithered<br \/>\ntogether and were swallowed<br \/>\nlet me say<br \/>\ninto its icy clutches<br \/>\ntrailing blood we fell<br \/>\nthe breath of life<br \/>\nwas then taken from me<br \/>\nI just remember rolling<br \/>\nin a blackness<br \/>\nof course our graves<br \/>\nwere deep within the sea<\/p>\n<p>living on the frozen wastes<br \/>\nwas bountiful<br \/>\nwhich clearly<br \/>\nI had<br \/>\nexperienced before<br \/>\nA Seal has much to<br \/>\ncontemplate<br \/>\nthe seriousness<br \/>\nHow life and death<br \/>\ncan happen in a day<br \/>\nthough what&#8217;s it for<br \/>\nwhy God in all his wisdom<br \/>\ngave us pelts of silky fur<br \/>\nand the ice and snow that mean&#8217;t<br \/>\nthis was the way<br \/>\nDid he realize the evil<br \/>\nof the man tribe<br \/>\nDid he ever think<br \/>\nhow low and base they were<br \/>\nDid he ever look ahead<br \/>\nto where we are in fact today<br \/>\nif he did then surely<br \/>\nwe must now confer<\/p>\n<p>for our whole race of<br \/>\nSeals is consigned<br \/>\nto mourning<br \/>\nthe raptures we&#8217;d been given<br \/>\nhave all gone<br \/>\nThe man tribe wants<br \/>\nour skins and<br \/>\nwants our penises<br \/>\nand all this talk of life<br \/>\nwas just a con!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Was life worth the efforts- I don&#8217;t think so <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/07\/life-and-death\/\">Continue reading <span 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