A boy born into royalty Destined to rule over a great kingdom But sent away by one with ill will for the kingdom To be killed in a shipwreck And leave a kingdom without their prince
But a lion pushed the boy in the wreckage to shore Where a man stood wakeful at night And took the boy in, giving him life The man abused the boy in many ways And the future ruler would leave to rule his kingdom
The boy had always wanted to go North As if there were something good to the North Something drawing him to the mountains and rivers As he had northern blood flowing through his veins So 'Onward and upward, to Narnia and the North!'
The boy fled his home on the back of a talking horse Escaping the abusive nature of his supposed-father To the north where he was meant to be, they fled From the south the life he was fleeing from His destined kingdom lying in this northern land to which he travelled
On horseback he rides in a forest Before hearing the sounds of another horse And then seeing the sights of another rider Terrified the horse pulls forward Then a wild animal gives its mighty roar
Hearing the roar of a mighty lion The riders and horses go on running from this terror Until they are united, together in their travels Then the lion disappears into the mist of the forest And the travelers, a boy and a girl, and two horses now travel to the north together
The boy stranded in the desert Away from all things he had known Without his horse or traveling companions Without any water to quench his thirst And he spends the night alone in the dark desert
There on the desert ground, terrified he laid For behind him stood tombs of the kings of old And to his forefront laid the desert He imagined ghosts and ghouls that might come from the tombs And terrified he laid, there on the desert ground
Then a kitten came to his side The cat came und nuzzled behind the sleeping boy It kept him warm through the cold desert night The boy felt safe with the kitten by his side As if no one or no thing could possibly harm him
As he slept, he heard the sound of jackals howling in the desert The boy became fearful once he noticed the absence of the cat Yet it was at this time that he heard the mighty roar of a lion And the lions roar made him even more fearful than he was before But then the howling of the jackals ceased and he was safe
He awoke again later in the night to the cat by his side The cat comforted him in his loneliness And kept him warm in the desert night When it needed to, the cat became a lion and defended the boy For the lion always wanted what was best for that boy
Then the four travelers ventured north across the desert Racing against time, and against enemy armies To get to the kingdom in the north on time to warn the king But like any desert travelers, they quickly tired And they required one final push
A lion's roar cams out of the silence of nature And very quickly the horses sped up to leave the lion's reach But to no avail as the lion gashed at one of the riders The terror of the horses propelled them forward And they made it in time to save the kingdom
The boy was reunited with his father, the king And he himself became a king when it came high time The boy married the girl, and became king and queen of the country in the north For the Lion and the Kitten led them to the north, and to their salvation Even when they did not know the Lion at all
The Lion is Jesus Christ, God Himself in the flesh He came to save the boy, and his horse And his wife and her horse He came as a fierce lion to redirect And as a kitten to comfort He came as a lion to defend And as a kitten to protect Jesus Christ came to men He came as a helpless fetus and infant And as a small child He came as a man to teach And as a man to die Jesus is fierce when needed And gracious when needed For He loves His children And will not let His children stray far from Him For much good is to come for the Children of God
This is a poem very based off of C.S. Lewis' Horse and His Boy, the third book (chronologically) in the Chronicles of Narnia