Mourning the Moonlight Switch

By: Brianna Lee Hubler

Copyright © 2022 Brianna Lee Hubler. All rights reserved.

I pity those who cross my path
When the moon insights my wrath
I never plan to wound my friends
I cannot say what the wolf intends

Before sunset, I bar the exits
The windows and the doors
Before my spirit splits
I lock myself indoors

But the chains I fasten
To my wrists and ankles,
Nail to the wall and tighten,
Crack when the moon cackles 

The wolf is the worst of me
Through his eyes I cannot see
Past the red haze of primal rage
Senses heighten and instincts engage

The wolf consumes the man
The hybrid hungers, hunts
For the flesh his fur outran
Gore trails his violent stunts

He cannot recognize the faces
Of those he preys upon
Until the man within replaces
The wolf soon withdrawn

When the moon drops
I awake below the treetops
Senseless death surrounds
My guilt and grief abounds

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