Full Wolf Moon

Full Wolf Moon
“Full Moon names date back to Native Americans…The tribes kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive names to each recurring full Moon….Amid the cold and deep snows of midwinter, the wolf packs howled hungrily outside Indian Villages.  Thus, the name for January’s full Moon.”
-2012 Farmers’ Almanac
Empty-bellied wolves
circle villages
howling their hunger
begging for blood.

 

Tonight I tried to stand still in the snow
but my feet kept running farther up the hill
hungry for the full moon.
My spirit howled when the first light
stretched over the mountains.
My body begged to be nourished
by the wholeness yet to be served.

 

And then it arrived
golden and ripe
against the dark plate.
I swallowed
feeling full
for the first time in days.

 

I hope the wolves were filled too
with strength to survive the winter
with hope
with delight.

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