Игорь Желтышев WOLF BRIDE

She was not afraid of freezing
She did not beg for the heat
She had no use for the city
To the woods she turned her feet
There the alpha on the boulders
Waited seven long cold nights
In her eyes so bright and scarlet
Candles burned no longer bright
The moon froze above the forest
The earth shakes beneath the stride
Everything that she had cherished
Turned to ash and stepped aside
Wolf bride
The gown is cast
Digging the ground
Fingers turn claws at last
Wolf bride
This curse is tight
The taste of freedom
On the flesh in the night
Wild heart wild blood
We don t need love
Wild heart wild blood
Sky up above
On the white path without fearing
Side by side with alpha lead
And the forest rose by breathing
Right behind her every step
Snow was silver on the paws now
Frost was kissing all the fangs
And the stars looked down from heaven
Like the brothers of one stream s bangs
There were no more cages locking
No more windows no bad doors
Only sky and pines and wind now
And the pack is growing more
There each brother heard the other
With no oaths no lies no word
And within this wolfish silence
More than blood was felt and heard
Wolf bride
This is no grief
This is the road
In the snow and relief
Wild heart wild blood
We don t need love
The pack is stronger
Than fear from above
Seven nights
Seven moons
One pack
One law
If one falls down in the fight
The pack will stand like a wall
If one calls out in the night
The woods will answer the call
They don t play with fake smiles there
They don t wear a stranger s name
Truth is heard by scent and air
Everyone is born the same
She raised up her muzzle high
And her breath went into frost
And the human world behind her
Quieter than tears long lost
Alpha walked right there beside her
Not above not out ahead
Simply shoulder close to shoulder
Like one family s power bred
Wolf bride
Do you hear the howl
The forest behind us
Living pack on the prowl
Wolf bride
No captive chain
Snow under feet
And the sky in exchange
To remain forever staying
In the white breath of the cold
To remain inside the forest
Where our own are in the fold