Wolf Cry from Gladiolus by Yvonne Hercules

Lead the call to reign this in
I’m howling now
Brace myself for the cold, harsh wind
This savage need has found
The prey to feed its charge
A mighty beast with a fearful heart
Did you not hear my sound
Hear crying out

Lead the call to bring us back again
I’m howling now
Reverberates my fragile state within
Fuels anxiety and doubt
Exposed and reticent
Urged by instinctive scent
Could you not hear my sound
Hear my crying out

Afraid of what my culminate
But brazened by the odds at stake
I cry out
Because I just can’t take it anymore
Wrestling these thoughts you had me caught up in a game of,
Chasing tails
Round a track I’ve learnt so well

Lead the call to reign this in
I’m howling now
The wounded pleas of a helpless friend
No surety of how
We can now co-exist
A pack of false pretence
Could you not hear my sound
Hear my crying out

Afraid of what my culminate
But brazened by the odds at stake
I cry out
Because I just can’t take it anymore
Wrestling these thoughts you had me caught up in a game of,
Chasing tails
Round a track I’ve learnt so well

Fight the need to speak the truth and savour what I have of you
I don’t know,
But I just can’t take it anymore,
Wrestling these thoughts you had me caught up in a game of
Chasing tails
Round a track I’ve learnt so well
So well…

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