Tiger
That golden arrow
And flickering flame
Ceases the tigers rage
But not forever
No not forever the tiger will grow like the fire one day
And shine like that golden powerful arrow
Tiger tiger
you can not be trapped in such a feeble way
And you know that
you are patiently waiting to rise
And I fear plenty for the trappers
I know for myself that this tiger
Does not pity
Tiger tiger
This cage of light will be destroyed
You are in no way forced to stay here just dreaming of what could be
Wishing upon stars tiger
This isn’t you
Your stripes have an illusionary power
Tiger tiger
Your eyes pierce the surface of the sky
Your lonliness will spread among the earth like an endless fog
But you will never admit it to the world
Because the war is not over until you have won
Tiger tiger
You are life in and of itself
You are light in it’s simplest form
Tiger tiger
The tears you shed,
Are powerful tears of not sadness
But anger
You will escape this cage
I do not fear for you
And although you and I are close
I know that one day you are bound to escape
And never look back once
I cannot follow you
It is not my life style
and
You cannot stay it is not yours either
But by fate we are bound to met again at least once before we die
At least once is nice
Just fine
So when I return
And you have disappeared leaving nothing but your collar
In your place
I will not be saddened
I will not shed a tear
Because you will be happy
Tiger tiger
May you live in peace
Free forever under the firelight sky pounding the earth with your legs
And running as far as you wish
Forever and away
Tiger tiger
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