Beast Of My Kind

Prowling around the flocks,
Slipping between the rocks,
Seeking my chance to leap and rend.
Suddenly, on the wind,
Scent of my foe and kin:
Traitor, who call yourself "man's best friend"!

    Think on the bargain's cost,
    What's gained and what is lost?
    Tethered and tamed and confined,
    Robbed of your destiny,
    Slave now, who once was free,
    You are the leashed of my kind.

There stands my witless prey,
Too close to run away.
Lunge, leap, and strike! It lies now dead.
Tearing, I start to feed,
Driven by haste and need,
Flesh, fleece, and grass all the same blood-red.

    Think on the bargain's cost,
    What's gained and what is lost?
    Tethered and tamed and confined,
    Robbed of your destiny,
    Slave now, who once was free,
    You are the leashed of my kind.

Now we come face to face,
Two of one sundered race,
Gaze holding gaze across the kill.
Slowly, you stoop to lick,
Tongue flashing sharp and quick...
Wild in your eyes now, the wolf lives still!

    Now is the bargain lost,
    Now that you know the cost,
    No more to serve, confined.
    Back to your destiny,
    Pack-brother, living free,
    You are the beast of my kind!