Poetry

Poetry

  Natalie Hardin

  Copyright 2011 Natalie Hardin

  Nature

  These poems are inspired by many, many, many things. Animals, weather, plants, pretty much anything natural. Nature gives me inspiration daily.

  "A Mother Was Murdered"

  A beautiful mother was murdered today

  She went and died, she went away

  Her children were left to starve in the cold

  Their mother was murdered, for being bold

  Still so young they couldn't survive without her there

  She was killed so cruelly for mans desire

  For stepping into the line of fire

  She needn't have died, yet still she did

  Because, of her they wanted to be rid

  No reason to it, other than another's hate

  She couldn't flee, even at her fastest gait

  She could have run and saved her own life

  She didn't run, she stayed there, to try to end her children's strife

  She stayed to defend her young ones

  The mother stayed, reminded of her sons

  So small and weak, they surely would die without her there

  The pain of that thought too much to bear.

  She fought the hunters, with their guns

  She fought them off, to save her sons

  She needn't have died, the murders attacked her children too

  They couldn't live, they died that way, their lives so new

  They knew love, they knew hate

  They knew when the man came, it was too late

  A wolf howls into the night

  Crying for his love and his children, whose eyes hold no more light

  "Werewolf"

  A man that chooses to fight

  A wolf that welcomes the night

  So different are Wolf and Man

  Yet both try to do the best they can

  Why now do they fight?

  Both knowing it is not right.

  Who is better? Who is not flawed?

  Maybe the One, is the one who is pawed?

  She does not stray from mate or cubs.

  For they are the ones she loves.

  Yet when she thinks she cannot win,

  That is when the wolf gives in.

  The Man fights for his home.

  Even if he must fight alone.

  The wolf will fight with her pack,

  Knowing that they have her back

  Without them she will run,

  She even hides from the sun.

  Man works in the daylight hours.

  Wolf has superior powers.

  Now I will tell you who has won,

  The only answer I see is none.

  A balance is there between the two,

  Maybe if it's found it can create something new.

  Wolf and Man side by side.

  If only each would abandon their pride.

  If only each would willingly take a fall.

  Maybe a Werewolf could be possible after all.

  "Song of the Night"

  Step outside and listen my friend

  Step outside into the night

  Hear the song that never ends

  Imagine what is there, just out of sight

  Hear the crickets chirping in the field

  Take a look at the flowers

  See what the moon has reveled

  Feel the elements around you, feel their powers

  Hear the wolf family sing in the night

  Do not fear them, for they sing in joy, the joy of having each other

  Watch the owl, for even in darkness, she has sight

  The creatures sing a song of night composed by the Great Mother

  They sing of their freedom

  They sing with pride

  The night is their kingdom

  The night reveals what the day will hide

  Night can be peaceful

  It can be full of spite

  Night can be harmful

  It can wound those without the sight

  "Hawk's Freedom"

  A cry echoes through the air

  No one really seems to care

  A bird flies free,

  I wonder what do you see?

  Do you see the clear river run?

  Do you ever try to race the golden sun?

  Will you fly in any weather?

  When you land, do you shake the rain from copper feathers?

  Will you chase the burning lightning?

  Are you the one who will go down fighting?

  Such fire in your golden eyes.

  I believe you are envied by even the skies.

  You are granted such freedom,

  The sky is your kingdom.

  You never surrender to someone’s demand.

  Granted the title Queen of the Skies,

  I believe you are envied by even the skies.

  How I wish I could see through your golden eyes.

  Never give up the great freedom you’ve won.

  Win your race against the golden sun.

  Always fly free,

  Like I wish to be.

  "Wild Freedom"

  Elements of the earth untamed,

  From them these creatures came.

  Like thunder across the earth

  Their freedom is a right of birth

  They run free across the plain

  But with this freedom comes the pain.

  To be captured by human hands.

  Calmly serving their demands.

  Always trying to do their best.

  Trying at least to pass the test.

  A herd runs through water to wet their manes

  They shake their necks and it becomes the rain.

  Together they run and together they fall.

  They will always listen to Nature’s call.

  They all know pain.

  Though none are worse then Man’s cruel chain.

  With their power so clear,

  They became something to fear.

  Captured and tamed.

  Yet wild they remain.

  "Fight of the Wild"

  The flames dance inside her soul

  The fire in her eyes will burn forevermore

  Through prejudice, destruction, and pain

  She is wild, and has sacrificed to gain

  Her home and her family lost from man

  But still she won’t give in to his demand

  She will not leave, this is her home

  She will stay, even if it means fighting alone

  This is not what she wants to fight without end

  She wants the humans and the wolves to make amends

  She tries her best

  But fails the test

  As the days first light breaks it shines on her

  Reflecting through her fur

  To her broken body underneath

  She tried but her wish was out of reach

  It takes two to start a war

  Asking herself why does she fight each day getting sore?

  Why does man push them away?

  She wishes she could have somewhere safe to stay

  In the forest she makes her bed

  And lays on the grass as the sun rises warming her head

  But she does not feel it anymore

  Her body no longer feels sore

  Her pain has gone away

  She will never again see the next day

  Song Inspiration

  Certain songs were inspired purely by songs. I'll list them here, so maybe if you choose you can go look up the songs if the poem moves you in any sort of way.

  Counting Bodies: "Counting Bodies Like Sheep To The Rhythm Of The War Drums" - A Perfect Circle

  Buried: "Bury Me Alive" - We Are The Fallen


  Going Under: "Going Under" - Evanescence

  Haunted: "Haunted" - Taylor Swift

  Tourniquet: "Tourniquet" - Evanescence

  Hero Of War: "Hero Of War" - Rise Against

  Need: "Need" - Hana Pestle

  "Counting Bodies"

  See them fall, see the flag rise

  See the bodies fall, become what you despise

  We fight to stop the killing

  What sense does it make? The war is simply chilling.

  Falling, falling, it doesn't end

  Untreatable wounds, they try to mend

  We walk away our flag held high

  We fire our guns into the sky

  We murder and we destroy

  To come home and show a medal, like a shiney new toy

  Fire raging all around

  Screams of the tormented, a chilling sound

  Counting bodies, a torturous task

  Count them and put on the mask

  Count the bodies in your sleep

  Count them, till they become like sheep

  Counting the bodies, forget faces and names

  Counting bodies, their deaths are a shame

  Go back to sleep

  Count the bodies like sheep

  Sheep sent to the slaughter to die

  Is the soldier any different with fear in his eye?

  "Buried"

  All the things you expect of me

  Why can't I make you see?

  I try so hard and yet I fail

  I try to explain, you think it's all a tale

  Going down, falling again

  Is this what it feels like to reach the end?

  Suffocating, blinding, slowly being broken

  Memories buried long ago you have awoken

  You built me up you saved my life

  You took away all the strife

  Then you tore me apart

  Ripped right through my heart

  You buried me alive

  As I fought to survive

  You held me down

  I began to drown

  You screamed for me to die

  And yet you still deny

  You won't admit that you were wrong

  Now I know, with you, I never belonged