Metis Ronin
By Ami E. Bowen
1.On the night of my birth, Luna shone so round and bright
And I'm told that my father had just got beaten in a fight
But as the wolf-pack howled and the rain fell softy down
I cringed into a tighter ball, trying to hide from that sound
2.Growing up was quite a pain as I'm sure you would agree
I don't blame my Dad for leaving, I would too if I were he
Pack-mates were often cruel, and the beatings I did take
For a night of single passion, I'm the fruit of their mistake
3.My eyes are dim and cloudy, and my flesh is peeling some
Others try hard not to see me, and my heart is getting numb
Living as an outcast, I crawl and beg for food
But since I've learned to shift my form, it really messes with my mood
4. I sit alone and weep, and the rain is falling down
On the rocks near the river, my mother's body, it was found
Torn to pieces, blood had splattered, all across the shore
As I touched her lifeless form, I felt the anger to my core
5. "Who did this?" I screamed, and waited for an answer, but no one would reply
I laid my mother on the ground and wept a bitter tear, Why did she have to die?
Memories of childhood, adult and in-between
Mocking and cold-blooded tongues and the jokes, they were obscene
6. A voice growled out from behind me, I did not recognized at first
"Your Mother was a whore and deserved what she got!" from the bushes he did burst
With eyes of gleaming yellow and metal in his grin
One glance in his maddened eyes and I knew that we were kin
7. "Bastard!" I spat, snarled and circled about,
He watched me with eyes glistening and keen,
"You killed her!" I leaped at his throat as I did shout
With lightning moves, he landed safe, Laughing; "Her death was a joy to be seen!"
8. Turning in midstride, altering forms swift as the breeze,
Pain through my limbs is nothing as my heart did freeze
Claws out, teeth bared in a snarl of justifiable rage
The key was finally in my hand, all I had to do was open the cage
9. Slashing, biting....I felt it all
I watched the old wolfen one fall
The rain had come again, washed from my face, my fur; the blood
As a final touch, I kicked into his battered face, a clump of mud
10. Cradling my father's death-still frame
A storm was in my soul, I'll never be the same
I know he left because he loathed my existence, my sight
As I watched the sun rise, holding him in my arms, I felt suddenly right
11. Father had done wrong, loved a pack-mate so
Disregard of Litany, If only it could never show
Yet, flawed I was from the start
No one can heal this torn up heart
12. Friends are foes and lives are lost
Sanity has been the cost
What do I care, I long to die
And with the rain, I long to cry
13. Ran across another one, cackling laugh and gleaming way
Took me by the hand and said; "Come with me, let's play!"
Foolish Cub, I whispered to myself as I followed him into the cave
Fire and smoke and whirling hues, once inside myself I couldn't save
14. Dancing forms, grabbing me, tearing my clothes to shreds
Spinning around and about, at last falling down to hard stone beds
Nightmares did plague me then, creatures of deepest fear
Breathe on my neck as some one drew near
15. Groggily, my mind did focus,
Flashes of light, some kind of hocus-pocus
Struggling to fight it off, this sleepiness will be my doom
"Wake up and come dance with me," Wyld is caught in Weaver's loom
16. Spinning around the floor, cave walls burn with gore
Slashing with a small flint knife, I know that it wants more
Sighing in ecstasy, I willing give up my soul
Serve the Wyrm and I would be whole
17. Life after that point had become such a blur
Wickedness and destruction, killing of things in skin and fur
Payment was good, I had a place to stay
And every night, even if it were raining, I would dance around and play
18. Parties and gallivanting all across the wide wide earth
Raped a million times, like sweet Gaia, from my birth
The mortals try to kill me, and the Garou all do the same,
The leeches don't care either way, as long as I don't mess up their game
19. I don't know much, but one thing I've learned as I go
life is like a river, just be sure to follow the flow
If it washes you up on shore or bashes your skull against a rock
Don't sit there acting stupid, you don't belong there, there's no talk
20. Howling alone at night and now nothing ever seems right
I know this is true, Gaia has turned her back to me
So into the darkness I run, into the shadows; I flee
Twisting my soul down another road
My burdens suddenly become a horrible load
Such is the life, for misborn like me
"Metis Ronin"
By Ami E. Bowen
1.On the night of my birth, Luna shone so round and bright
And I'm told that my father had just got beaten in a fight
But as the wolf-pack howled and the rain fell softy down
I cringed into a tighter ball, trying to hide from that sound
2.Growing up was quite a pain as I'm sure you would agree
I don't blame my Dad for leaving, I would too if I were he
Pack-mates were often cruel, and the beatings I did take
For a night of single passion, I'm the fruit of their mistake
3.My eyes are dim and cloudy, and my flesh is peeling some
Others try hard not to see me, and my heart is getting numb
Living as an outcast, I crawl and beg for food
But since I've learned to shift my form, it really messes with my mood
4. I sit alone and weep, and the rain is falling down
On the rocks near the river, my mother's body, it was found
Torn to pieces, blood had splattered, all across the shore
As I touched her lifeless form, I felt the anger to my core
5. "Who did this?" I screamed, and waited for an answer, but no one would reply
I laid my mother on the ground and wept a bitter tear, Why did she have to die?
Memories of childhood, adult and in-between
Mocking and cold-blooded tongues and the jokes, they were obscene
6. A voice growled out from behind me, I did not recognized at first
"Your Mother was a whore and deserved what she got!" from the bushes he did burst
With eyes of gleaming yellow and metal in his grin
One glance in his maddened eyes and I knew that we were kin
7. "Bastard!" I spat, snarled and circled about,
He watched me with eyes glistening and keen,
"You killed her!" I leaped at his throat as I did shout
With lightning moves, he landed safe, Laughing; "Her death was a joy to be seen!"
8. Turning in midstride, altering forms swift as the breeze,
Pain through my limbs is nothing as my heart did freeze
Claws out, teeth bared in a snarl of justifiable rage
The key was finally in my hand, all I had to do was open the cage
9. Slashing, biting....I felt it all
I watched the old wolfen one fall
The rain had come again, washed from my face, my fur; the blood
As a final touch, I kicked into his battered face, a clump of mud
10. Cradling my father's death-still frame
A storm was in my soul, I'll never be the same
I know he left because he loathed my existence, my sight
As I watched the sun rise, holding him in my arms, I felt suddenly right
11. Father had done wrong, loved a pack-mate so
Disregard of Litany, If only it could never show
Yet, flawed I was from the start
No one can heal this torn up heart
12. Friends are foes and lives are lost
Sanity has been the cost
What do I care, I long to die
And with the rain, I long to cry
13. Ran across another one, cackling laugh and gleaming way
Took me by the hand and said; "Come with me, let's play!"
Foolish Cub, I whispered to myself as I followed him into the cave
Fire and smoke and whirling hues, once inside myself I couldn't save
14. Dancing forms, grabbing me, tearing my clothes to shreds
Spinning around and about, at last falling down to hard stone beds
Nightmares did plague me then, creatures of deepest fear
Breathe on my neck as some one drew near
15. Groggily, my mind did focus,
Flashes of light, some kind of hocus-pocus
Struggling to fight it off, this sleepiness will be my doom
"Wake up and come dance with me," Wyld is caught in Weaver's loom
16. Spinning around the floor, cave walls burn with gore
Slashing with a small flint knife, I know that it wants more
Sighing in ecstasy, I willing give up my soul
Serve the Wyrm and I would be whole
17. Life after that point had become such a blur
Wickedness and destruction, killing of things in skin and fur
Payment was good, I had a place to stay
And every night, even if it were raining, I would dance around and play
18. Parties and gallivanting all across the wide wide earth
Raped a million times, like sweet Gaia, from my birth
The mortals try to kill me, and the Garou all do the same,
The leeches don't care either way, as long as I don't mess up their game
19. I don't know much, but one thing I've learned as I go
life is like a river, just be sure to follow the flow
If it washes you up on shore or bashes your skull against a rock
Don't sit there acting stupid, you don't belong there, there's no talk
20. Howling alone at night and now nothing ever seems right
I know this is true, Gaia has turned her back to me
So into the darkness I run, into the shadows; I flee
Twisting my soul down another road
My burdens suddenly become a horrible load
Such is the life, for misborn like me
"Metis Ronin"