This is a poem I created for the book "The Golden Compass". It takes place
in the laboratory where they experiment on the children and their daemons,
from Lyra's perspective. The theme is when she sets fire to the building
so she and the others can escape.Hope you like!
~Iorek Byrnison~
Here I stand in fear and fire
In tire
Of all the sorrow, all the cold
And heartless that are taking hold
Of our innocence, our love of life
And putting it in deadly strife
Now I wish we could all be free
Free from their clutching hands, to let us be
For what they do is horrifying and frightful,
It is quite spiteful
They might not understand but it is wrong
Wrong to divide us from our lifelong companion, from whence we were so strong
And now here I stand in utter confusion
With yelling and running, and then there was an intrusion
Of bad men sent to get us back, with their wolf daemons in a howl
It seemed like it was the end, the smell of defeat was foul
But then came a mighty growl
And a bright flash of white blinded my eyes
And I knew then, and my hope was revised
I knew my bear had come to save us
Out of this fuss
Of a mess, to lead us out
To freedom and home: I had no doubts
That this huge armored bear was untouchable, that he no one could harm
And within a few moments, all the wolves were dead, to the scientist's alarm
And the bad men died with them right away
Chance now there is, we may
Get out from the burning building, into the icy frost
And with my strong and clever bear we will not get lost
But soon will be found in open arms that missed us greatly
In our homes which we have been missing from lately
They will go home, but I then will stay
Here, for my bear to come back this way
My love for my protector is undying
As it is for my dear Pan, and I will never stop tying
My admiration and devotion around his scarred heart of steel
For he gives me a flicker or life, a virtue that is real
~Iorek Byrnison~
Here I stand in fear and fire
In tire
Of all the sorrow, all the cold
And heartless that are taking hold
Of our innocence, our love of life
And putting it in deadly strife
Now I wish we could all be free
Free from their clutching hands, to let us be
For what they do is horrifying and frightful,
It is quite spiteful
They might not understand but it is wrong
Wrong to divide us from our lifelong companion, from whence we were so strong
And now here I stand in utter confusion
With yelling and running, and then there was an intrusion
Of bad men sent to get us back, with their wolf daemons in a howl
It seemed like it was the end, the smell of defeat was foul
But then came a mighty growl
And a bright flash of white blinded my eyes
And I knew then, and my hope was revised
I knew my bear had come to save us
Out of this fuss
Of a mess, to lead us out
To freedom and home: I had no doubts
That this huge armored bear was untouchable, that he no one could harm
And within a few moments, all the wolves were dead, to the scientist's alarm
And the bad men died with them right away
Chance now there is, we may
Get out from the burning building, into the icy frost
And with my strong and clever bear we will not get lost
But soon will be found in open arms that missed us greatly
In our homes which we have been missing from lately
They will go home, but I then will stay
Here, for my bear to come back this way
My love for my protector is undying
As it is for my dear Pan, and I will never stop tying
My admiration and devotion around his scarred heart of steel
For he gives me a flicker or life, a virtue that is real