18/30: who bends time?

who bends time?
the grandfather, the grandmother -

frail they might seem to you
but their spirit was mighty:

thunder-bear, rising on two legs
with clawed paw pitched to destroy;

river eyed-wolf, sliding in so quiet
teeth for rending soft bellies not-yet-round.

you see tottering, wrinkled children,
but you aren't looking in the right light.

your parents can see them as they really are:
bear and wolf,

you would see them too, but
they are just not looking in your direction.