Come, wildcat! Come, tiger!

Courageous and strong

They stand on hind legs

And join in the song 

 

Of cedar, doug fir, maple, and pine 

To the canopy, their roars rise higher

to a river of starlight above fragrant woods

they play and leap a dance ‘round the pyre

 

Lost in a trance and well rapt in dreaming

I hold out my hand to some startling phantasm

And see 

that it is as real as I am