Wolf
by Charles K. Carter
Imagine the natural
pull of the wolf to the
moon, a pull so deep, the
wolf cannot contain its
affections but must howl
to let the whole world know
that though he does not know
why, he is in love with
that moon.
I am that wolf and you
are that moon. I, a trapped
wolf in my cave, weeping
the spring high tide and the
unwitting loss of a
new moon.
pull of the wolf to the
moon, a pull so deep, the
wolf cannot contain its
affections but must howl
to let the whole world know
that though he does not know
why, he is in love with
that moon.
I am that wolf and you
are that moon. I, a trapped
wolf in my cave, weeping
the spring high tide and the
unwitting loss of a
new moon.
Charles K. Carter is a queer poet and educator from Iowa. He has an MA in creative writing with a poetry concentration from Southern New Hampshire University and is completing an MFA in writing from Lindenwood University. His poems have been published or are forthcoming in Idle Ink, Dodging the Rain, Pismatica Magazine, Ink Pantry, Marias at Sampaguitas, The Mark Literary Review, Active Muse, and Anti-Heroin Chic.