This one I shall remember like the snow falling,
Like the tides crashing down upon the sands…
Like the power of the earth that trembles around me…

Linked by joints and sinewy energies, our arms meet,
And I breathe in all that you are and rest my head there…
As you stare deeply out into the distance…

Energized in your presence, brief moments I replay in my memory.
Gravitating towards you then away like the moon…
And in response you too wane like the currents of the night…

Time shifts by and I pull my mind away from you again.
Speaking sense to my heart, telling it to be still…
Telling it not to stir or the creatures of the shadows will find it…

Night sweeps in once more and something reminds you of me.
You call out into the darkness, a long howl…
And so I drag myself from where I hide, collapsing before you…

I see you out there, some wild animal, watching, pacing forward and back nervously.
You seek shelter and the freedom to run, hunt, hide, walk away…
Yet you return night after night and I wonder why…

You are so beautiful, eyes piercing, half glowing, you remind me of a wolf,
Silent, deadly, loyal, loving, tireless, driven, passionate, protective, unapproachable…
Always have I loved wolves, and they in turn have always loved to be free.