Take your wolf self and run.

Run as far

and as fast

as your lean

muscles take you.

Press your paws into frozen earth

until they crack,

until they bleed.

 

Do not stop.

Do not think.

Do not fear.

 

Continue until you arrive.

Head toward

that warm den of knowing.

Smell the musky odor

miles

before you see its promise.

 

Do not stop.

Do not think.

Do not fear.

 

Close your eyes.

Let instinct navigate

the map of your life.

Trust this earth,

trust yourself.

 

Do not stop.

Do not think.

Do not fear.

 

Suppress hunger,

outlaw thirst.

Deny your strong body’s plea for mercy.

Know you will be given

all

that you need.

 

Do not stop.

Do not think.

Do not fear.

 

Round the final bend.

Push

from the cellar of your being.

Hear proud sisters

cheering you onward.

 

Do not stop.

Do not think

Do not fear.

 

Step your last steps with grace.

Breathe your last labored breath.

Rest now, you are home.