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LOVE'S SWEET SORROW
It was a swift cold wind that blew that night
and the snow lay deep in drifts
and the traveler journied far from home
as the air he gently sniffs
He left a trail of blood on the frozen snow
for his feet were frozen and raw
but food he must find and very soon
as he licked his bleeding paw
Far away in a hidden mountain den
was his mate and their cubs of four
and for two days now he had lain by her side
by the new cubs that she had bore
and food was what he was after now
as he pawed neath the snow and the ice
for babies need milk to give them strength
or else they will pay the price
but food was little and very scarce
as he limped down the frozen trail
and he wondered what the night would bring
for the new moon shown silver and pale
Then a snamp and a crackle there in the brush
ah, food for his life time mate
but it was the cold sound of a rifle shot
and he knew it was then too late
He slumped and fell on the frozen ground
and rolled down a snow white hill
and oh, the pain he could hardly bare
and he lay there whimpering and still
Now his mind went back to yesterday
and to the safe place where he had been
as he played with his baby cubs
in the quiet of his snug warm den
He tried to stand but he couldn't move
for the bullet lay deep in his back
and he thought that surely she would come to look
and find him by his scent and his track
but hours went by as he cried his anguished wail
but there came nothing , no sight and no sign of her
and the snow lay crimson from his oozing blood
that matted his blue grey fur
next morning he lay there cold and stiff
in that bloody and frozen spot
and he never heard her lonesome wail, for his spirit had flown
was gone and he heard her not
She found him there, her life long mate
she kissed him there, her mate with such beauty and pride
and sorrow broke her heart in to
for if wolves can cry, that day she did
as she snuggled close to her love and died
