Prayer of the Northern Wolves

[kpete]

Friday, September 12, 2008
Imprecatory Prayer of the Northern Wolves



Sky Goddess
Earth Father
Snow Mother
River Daughter
Cave Son
All

when the hunters flew in the sky
and killed our brothers and sisters
we tried to run but could not escape
the long guns, the bullets hot and cruel
they come at us so fast

the land is our home
the air is our spirit
the prey is our food
the world is our life

when we are gone our children cry
when we howl we are alone
when the sun rises
it rises without us

Sky Goddess
Earth Father
Snow Mother
River Daughter
Cave Son
All

hear this and know:
we are evolving in a dream
we are walking in the hunters' night
we smell their blood money
we mark their minds
we are running in their shadows
we are the endless pack in the forest
this night the mercenary sleep is fitful
this night we arrive in a different world
and take them apart
and break their skin
and turn their arms into branches
and turn their eyes into birds
and set their jaws agape
we are standing as sentries among the killers
this night we howl in their lives
this night will be all nights
and the killers will know us and fear sleep
and the killers will know us and fear sleep

Sky Goddess
Earth Father
Snow Mother
River Daughter
Cave Son
All

when the moon is full
look for us beyond the hills
we are running
we are the hunters once more

Sky Goddess
Earth Father
Snow Mother
River Daughter
Cave Son
All

http://patriotboy.blogspot.com/2008/09/imprecatory-prayer-of-northern-wolves.html

[knowbody0]

1. one should never fuck with a wolf

[Faygo Kid]

2. Beautiful. Now everyone donate to Defenders of Wildlife, or simply join.

I am a long-time member, and glad to see them mentioned here on a number of posts.

[leftchick]

3. thank you

And it isn't just Alaska, the wolf slaughter has been happening all over the western states where they had been recovering. Limpy is but just one example.

:cry:

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977332988



"Nicknamed 'Limpy' because his back legs were crippled in a fight when he was young, 253M was just shy of 8 years old -- a wolf Methuselah -- when he died March 28, shot in Wyoming on the first day wolves lost their protected status under the U.S. Endangered Species Act."

--"Wolf's death stirs fears for species' fate" by Patty Henetz, The Salt Lake City Tribune, April 8, 2008
Dear Ann,

The killing in the Greater Yellowstone region has already begun.

One of the first victims: Wolf 253M -- a celebrity wolf, affectionately known as "Limpy."

Help us stop the senseless killing of Greater Yellowstone wolves now. Please make a tax-deductible contribution today.

Limpy was many things to many people -- to wolf-watchers, he was the hobbling member of Yellowstone's famous Druid Peak Pack. To Utahans, he was the first wolf to be seen in the state for more than 70 years.

But wolf 253M's celebrity didn't save him in the end. Limpy and two other wolves were shot dead in an elk feeding ground, part of Wyoming's brutal shoot-on-sight policy that covers virtually the entire state.

The killing has already begun. Please donate now to support our work to save wolves in the Greater Yellowstone area.

Limpy's death was just the beginning. It's been 26 days since wolves were stripped of federal protections in the Greater Yellowstone area -- and at least 17 wolves have already been killed in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. And there are surely more to come.

Officials in Idaho changed their state law on the day wolves were delisted, making it far easier for anyone to kill wolves near livestock or domestic animals.

In Wyoming, state officials stripped all protection from wolves in 88% of the state. Locals have organized weekend eradication "wolf hunts" to kill any wolf that they find. One group tracked a wolf for 35 miles on snowmobiles before shooting it dead.<1>

You contribution will help us...

* Fight for our wolves in court;
* Confront flawed state wolf policies with science and common sense;
* Help ranchers reduce conflicts with wolves using non-lethal methods;
* Debunk the myths and misinformation about wolves through on-the-ground education and outreach; and
* Much, much more...

Will you make a tax-deductible emergency donation right now to help?

We can win the battle to save our wolves. But we can't do it without your help.

[arthritisR_US]

7. oh fuck I hate the killers of these beautiful animals!!! n/t

[glinda]

8. Just Donated to try to get the Palin Wolf Hater Commercial to keep showing.

Husband is Wolf Clan, Maiingan. He hates her so much he just boils over.

[sasha031]

4. that is so beautiful

proud member of Defenders of Wildlife :thumbsup:

[truebrit71]

5. Great picture! Proud member here as well...

..

[applegrove]

6. What a beautiful poem.

[Withywindle]

9. That gave me chills.

Thank you for sharing it with us.

[KoKo]

10. Beautiful........thank you....

[undergroundpanther]

11. that photo brought tears to my eyes

Sekhmet protect the wolves they need your claws,run with them mighty lioness and stop the humans destroying them!
My canine brothers and sisters,hail to all your packs, noble, strong, beautiful each of you, sacred..

7 Days To The Wolves
by Nightwish..


The wolves, my love, will come
Taking us home where dust once was a man
Is there life before a death?
Do we long too much?
(At never-land)


Howl! Seven days to the wolves
Where will we be when they come?
Seven days to the poison
And a place in heaven
Time drawing near us
They come to take us


This is my church of choice
Last drinks and death in last sacrifice
For the rest, I have to say to you
I will dream like a god
(And suffer like all the dead children)


Howl! Seven days to the wolves
Where will we be when they come?
Seven days to the poison
And a place in heaven
Time drawing near us
They come to take us

This is where heroes and cowards part ways

Light the fire, feast
Chase the ghosts, give in
Take the road less traveled by
Leave the city of fools
Turn every poet loose


Howl! Seven days to the wolves
Where will we be when they come?
Seven days to the poison
And a place in heaven
Time drawing near us
They come to take us

Howl! Seven days to the wolves
Where will we be when they come?
Seven days to the poison
And a place in heaven
Time drawing near us
They come to take us


Hero
Coward
No more

[kpete]

12. a community howls

Heros

Cowards
No more

[SammyWinstonJack]

13. Beautiful!