Lou J. Klaiber: Becoming Wolf

BECOMING WOLF
(For my Brothers and Sisters of Viet Nam)

He hunted
and was hunted

and he became other
than himself

he borrowed Raven to escape his enemy

It was a hard winter in his heart

and when it was over he came back to himself and saw the Wolf
within the true river
of his true heart

the hunter
gazing at his old face
and the cry of the wolf
within

©Copyright January 30, 2004 by Lou J. Klaiber