Aeltri

On a night that lasted centuries
There ran three fierce greyhounds
three fierce greyhounds slender as darts
A wolf with fire in it’s eyes
ran in swift pursuit
it’s eyes shown with light
the light of days to come
They crossed into the land of dreams
it howled, it sang of hope
Run, oh hopeful wolf
leap over walls and fences
Those three greyhounds
shall be as vanquished slaves
The stars shown with renewed brightness
The greyhounds ran well but the wolf was enraged
it cornered and slew them with three strikes
Then the rivers sang a chorus never before heard
the horizon opened as if by a knife-stroke
and the sky, the sky shown blue and white once more