Wolf's About*

The night has fixed

the deep blue forest

with a stillness

born of wonder

born of fear

We walk and whisper,

almost talk

until the love between us

splits

turns inward

side by side

alone

our thoughts rage

into the silent branches

smothered

before they can escape into the air.

Soon the silence is shattered

giving way to a long and woeful cry

Wolf's about

his single horrifying note

only saddens me.

He

and you

and I

are three

apart

each alone.