I hear you rustling through the trees hunting a safe place<\/p>\n
What once felt serenely secure, you must now guard.<\/p>\n
Protect the young ones and keep innocence alive and well<\/p>\n
Last year was my first to meet you and your lovely family<\/p>\n
Winter came, and I wondered if you survived.<\/p>\n
I’ve never been the ‘hunted.’<\/p>\n
Watching you care for your brood, I realize<\/p>\n
how blessed I’ve been.<\/p>\n
Four walls and a roof to keep the wolves away, unlike you<\/p>\n
Moving your little boy and the twins,<\/p>\n
along with your older daughter\u00a0and her offspring,<\/p>\n
from place to place under trees and behind sheds.<\/p>\n
Foraging for food where you could find it.<\/p>\n
I cheered for your survival\u00a0each time I saw the<\/p>\n
scars on your back. I knew the attacker fared<\/p>\n
worse than you. It brought joy to me<\/p>\n
when you accepted food I wanted to share. So,<\/p>\n
Winter came and I prayed you’d make it.<\/p>\n
Spring came, many didn’t make it. I couldn’t go<\/p>\n
look for you, again I prayed.<\/p>\n
Last week\u00a0Summer came and so you returned<\/p>\n
with two new babies,\u00a0precious,<\/p>\n
spotted babies, you let me see.<\/p>\n
This week your son returned with three<\/p>\n
velvet-spiked pals to show off.<\/p>\n
Handsome yearlings, for certain, will want<\/p>\n
to meet his sisters and once again,<\/p>\n
I will hear you rustling through the trees<\/p>\n
hunting a safe place to<\/p>\n
Protect the young ones and keep innocence alive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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