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You awake in the grasslands
On the African plains
You reach out your arm
And feel a thick mane
You open your eyes to see
A lion staring backing at you
But he seems so gentle
In a way subdued
You nuzzle closer and feel
Each one of his thick hairs
Reaching your hand to his paw
He softly licks it with care
You almost feel as if
You are one of his cubs
You feel held and protected
An innate kind of love
You climb onto his back
As you set off to explore
The vastness of lands
You’ve never seen before
The sky looks so blue
The grass appears so green
The sun hovers on the horizon
The goldest gold you’ve ever seen
Through the grass you see someone
Who looks like they’re distressed
Scared and afraid
And lost in the wilderness
You see that’s its yourself
The part that’s sometimes full of fear
When you feel kind of trapped
Or as if no one is near
You and the lion step closer
And the scared you takes a step back
But the lion bows its head
And says, “We’re not here to attack”
He goes on to share wisdom
That he’s learned on the land
You both sit down to listen
And hold each others hand
He says that with great freedom
Comes risk, uncertainty and doubt
Not knowing what’s ahead
Or any easy way out
But with freedom comes choice
And excitement of the unknown
The ability to pick your path
Among open lands to roam
He says that everything on earth
Is either fear or love
You can either hide from danger
Or you can protect your cubs
You can choose to be wild
Or you can choose to be tame
As long as the decision
Is one that you alone made
He says sometimes love and fear
Look like one in the same
But it takes courage to tell the difference
It takes being brutally brave
You suddenly realize it’s just you
Sitting across from the lion now
He gifts you with part of his strength
And takes a quick bow
He walks on towards the sunset
Into the horizon line
Leaving you with a piece of his courage
To have for all time.
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