Clarior Hinc Honos

My Closest Friend

Taken aside by an owl
Without feathers, heart, and mind,
I left a limiting world
For one free of laws and time.

There I learned of love, of war,
Of righteousness, and of sin.
These the owl did teach to me
Becoming my closest friend.

Through trials we both became great,
Defeated many a foe.
Stronger a bond there is not,
Than the tie that we did sow.

Wisdom, it’s said, comes with age,
But I’ll always deny it.
Sounder judgment I ne’r knew
Than when a child, I heard – Hoot.