Running quickly through the forest I dodge quickly racing through the trees
feeling the leaves of the bushes bush against me
Feeling such a sense of freedom as I pant, running with the pack gives me such a
wonderful feeling to finally be free
Racing quickly up the hill to the top to find the beauty of the moon far
above that is full and bright on this cloudless night
My keen sense of smell telling me of the scents of the forest that surround me
as I race up to hill up to the heights
Breaking free of the trees I quickly run to the crest of the hill and raise
my head to give vent to my voice into the night
Wondering as my voice echoes back from the valley far below why so many thing
that when they hear me they are filled with fright
In the far distance I hear the answer from another that sits up on a hill far
away and answers my haunting call
Knowing that we are communicating with the spirits of the world on this night
makes me give it my all
Howling into the night my voice fills the emptiness of the night with a sound
that has such a haunting lilt
Reaching out with my spirit to the night to join with others who have reached
out fills my heart to the hilt
I want to stay but must return because I know that with the dawning light I
will have to go back again
But vowing to myself to come back to this mountain top because it gives me such
freedom that I must win
Then slowly I make my way down to the forest far below and as I race back
quickly to my other place
I begin to feel the change coming over me and know that I am turning back to my
human form as I race
Then as I come to my home I find that I am not alone but the my brethren of
the pack have come back with me
Looking into their eyes I feel their kinship before they turn away and melt back
into the forest knowing that for a while I was free
These teachers the Wolf, the Bear and the Hawk teach us if we will just take
the time to listen and learn
Perhaps we have lost so much over the years that we can not hear them and that
is why our hearts yearn
So as you walk the forest and hear the sounds of the howl deep within the
thickness of the forest glen
Perhaps you are hearing a spirit that has changed to that form because they did
not want to be just a Candle in the Wind
