peered haunting blue eyes with their soft glowing light.
The powerful stare with its brilliance and intricacy,
brought on a shivering response full of caution and mystery.
They seemed to float through the air with great charm,
in an effort to announce "they meant you no harm."
Yet as subtle as the movements had tried to be,
and eerie feeling of desolution abruptly overtook me.
As I fell to the frozen, unforgiving forest floor,
I noticed those two eyes had been accompanied by two more!
Soon there were three enchanting pairs upon me,
watching as listening, gliding through the trees,
with one final shiver the dark night became black.
I dreamnt of a thousand things that night,
mostly about a past I wanted to fix and make right.
The bright morning sun was the next thing I saw,
which was followed by the touch of a rather large paw!
And after providing a steaming kiss on the nose,
The wolf disappeared, and I arose.
In the snow at my feet, there were paw prints all about.
And the surrounding outlines of the bodies, which helped keep winter out.
The howl which followed, echoed forever it seemed...
Conveying the heartfelt message; "you are important to me."
Brian D. Schmidt