A starving wolf spots prey,
Blood shot eyes locked on.
It pounces for the attack,
Landing on top with open claws.
The prey struggles to escape
Until the wolf snaps the neck.
Blood covering the dead ground,
The wolf feasts well, and feats proud.
A bloodthirsty wolf spots prey,
Deadly sharp eyes locked on.
It dashes, with jaws snapping.
The bite never seems to land.
The prey easily escapes,
leaving the wolf on the track.
Blood covering the dead ground.
As the wolf makes others proud.
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Stanza 1,2 - The first two stanzas speak of a starving wolf who spots some prey. the wolf pounces on this prey, and quickly makes a meal of the corpse, something which he is quite proud of. In these first two stanzas, the wolf knows quite clearly that he will die if he does not catch this particular prey, for he will probably starve until more prey becomes available. So, the wolfs does not hesitate and quickly jumps on the prey, and snaps it's neck before the thing escaped.
Stanzas 3-4: Another, unrelated wolf is shown in a similar situation yet with a different outcome. This wolf is bloodthirsty, as well as starving. However, the wolf is more concerned on the act of killing the prey, then on the feasting of it's corpse and his survival. Due to this, when he spots his prey, the wolf runs after it, and does not jump like the other wolf, trying to bite a leg to make the prey stop, but missing each time. This could be because that outrunning the prey would be more satisfying, or that simply pouncing the prey did not come to his head. Soon, the prey overruns the wolf, as it is better fed. The wolf then lays on the ground, and die. Other creatures come, and proudly make a meal out of his corpse.
These two similar yet very different stories show just a single, very important fact. The wolf is ourselves, we are both wolfs. The prey, is any problem, situation or challenge we are trying to tackle. We can either focus, give it our best, and swipe our success the second we succeed. Or, we can hesitate and "enjoy the ride", gloat about our achievements, only to have it swiped away for useless and careless mistakes we made. The end lesson is to always focus on the task at hand, and focus to achieving the end result. Always pounce, never run.
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