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“It’s the great, big, broad land ’way up yonder,
It’s the forests where the silence has lease;
It’s the beauty that thrills me with wonder,
It’s the stillness, that fills me with peace.”

Robert W. Service,
The Spell of the Yukon


Music: Visions



I was now hiking in the wilderness
Up in the snowy peaks of the Yukon
When She-Wolf met a male Pit Bull
And now, the confrontation was on

The She-Wolf growled at the Dog
The Dog stood there, in the snow
Would there now be an epic battle
As I watched, I really did not know

After the loud growl, came a challenging howl
But this was from the Dog, not the She-Beast
And soon, the Dog and Wolf were entangled
Now rolling and tumbling, what a sight to see

Then my spouse yelled out ‘Who’s Winning?’
And suddenly, I remembered where we were
This was not the wilderness, but our backyard
Wolf and Dog wrestling, my memories still a stir

Our backyard had been transformed into wilderness
With 20 inches of fresh snow, covering the ground
But my mind was still up in those snowy mountains
I traveled there twice, and such beauty I had found

Eventually, this snow wrestling match was over
She-Wolf Carrie had once again beaten Highway
Sometimes, I think he lets her win these matches
The members of my Pack, entertain me every day


And I would love to live up in those snowy mountains,
As would my Pack, but my city-spoiled spouse won’t go

©February 2015, Old Day Dreaming Mr. Ed