HOWL

When Your Heart is Broken

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The wolf showed up on the fifth day

Right after the snow started

She was timid

Stealthy

But ever watchful

Evan sat in the window of the cabin

And watched her right back

The way she planned every step

The way she lifted her head to the moon when it rose

And her final let-loose howl — a sound that turned his spine into something other than bone

And so he, too, let loose — he too howled his sadness to the sky

And in the morning

As he tread lightly

Upon new snow

He left temporary marks

On a vast and forgetful landscape