outside again

The wolves have returned

Curled, skulking outside in the darkness

The doors will not keep them out

When we lay together they dared not

Could not touch us

Could not even come near

But now my flesh is food

Pink and weak and tender meat

Where are you now?

How did you leave without

My knowledge, my heart
The blood bearing your imprint
The memory inside the bones
My heartsick hearing of their calls

Says what lips cannot

The wolves have returned

And I miss you terribly

So sad how they howl