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The Last Warrier<br />
By W. J. Bruce<br />
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High on bleak, stony rag,<br />
Unmoving, he sits astride<br />
His ragged coated pony.<br />
Only telltale frozen breaths,<br />
Separate them from<br />
The still, winter black boles<br />
Of ancient leafless trees.<br />
The pony, blown and lame,<br />
Stands with lowered head,<br />
Ears flattened to the sound<br />
Of a distant wolf pack.<br />
The man on his back,<br />
All weapons lost,<br />
Ignores the trickling blood<br />
From savage wounds,<br />
Mingling his war paint.<br />
Eyes burning fiercely<br />
He strains to find<br />
The sign he seeks:<br />
Behind, the sound of enemy<br />
Draws ever closer.<br />
At last, faith rewarded,<br />
He sees far below<br />
In the deep valley,<br />
Arriving at the edge<br />
Of the fast flowing river,<br />
The great she bear<br />
With two gamboling cubs:<br />
To fish the racing salmon,<br />
Drawn relentlessly toward<br />
Their age-old spawning ground.<br />
Silently, the wounded brave<br />
Offers his final prayer<br />
To the eternal clan bear;<br />
Totem and guardian<br />
Of his battle slain tribe.<br />
The enemy, exultant,<br />
Are almost upon him,<br />
Yet he looks not behind:<br />
He sees only the Great Spirit,<br />
Surrounding him kindly<br />
In loving, firm embrace.<br />
While the enemy closes in,<br />
He straightens himself;<br />
His voice rings loud and clear,<br />
Echoing across the land<br />
To the distant cloudless sky.<br />
One last defiant war cry<br />
As he spurs on his pony,<br />
And leaps...<br />
Into the world of his ancestors - Avg. rating:
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