When Ravenous Wolf, Prowls At Our Home's Open Door

When Ravenous Wolf, Prowls At Our Home's Open Door Of beauty, paintings, flowers and smothering Art Dares not the innocent truth- ever the race start Or prisoner, trapped lamb- shear its own white fleece By all the vanished gods, Death's hands embrace Greece And dawn's beauty loses its most radiant glow Whilst blighted forests listens to cackles of crows! When ravenous wolf, prowls at our home's open door. We must take action and not its mercy implore! Down in the dark valleys, poisoned rivers freeze Beasts above, seek delicious prey with such ease Alas! Dare we in futile wish cry tis no so And in fanciful dreams -beg that peace and love show Within hope of tomorrows, believe such will cease For we recall, magnificent heroes of Greece! When ravenous wolf, prowls at our home's open door. We must take action and not its mercy implore! Life and Love must walk through darkest days hand in hand In this our thought to be enlightened world we stand Not as sheep to be slaughtered at merest of whims If we fear ravenous sharks in seas we'd not swim Or during pitch black nights we would cower inside And miss seeing the heavens and moon's golden ride! When ravenous wolf, prowls at our home's open door. We must take action and not its mercy implore! Such temerity would joys of life thus abolish Do we allow world its false mirrors to polish Nay! We prove such hatefulness we will not abide While in arms of love and truth, we with grace reside Shall we pray that ever greater Light gift us more On us all, God's sweet mercy Heaven softly pours! When ravenous wolf, prowls at our home's open door. We must take action and not its mercy implore! Robert J. Lindley, 6-13-2021 Dark rhyme, ( We may only keep, that which we are brave enough to defend ) This poem was born from blessed inspiration found this morn While I was commenting to a friend, a very fine fellow poet….