I will not starve a dark wolf
She too is hungry
She too was born of Earth, of starlight, and the endless space between
She too has a place here
I love the White Wolf yes
But my secret
Is that I love the rich-furred wild Black Wolf equally
I need her
And I want her
It is she who protected me
And kept me alive
When the rabid packs were circling.
She stood beside me, teeth bared and coat warm
In the coldest lonely winters
She belongs here too
And has a home within my breast
I will not starve her because she frightens you
And you would have what you call purity only
I will not betray her because you have forsaken what is wild
I will not forget her
Even as she walks unseen in a fog of blind men
Her heart beats just as yours does
And she is made of the world
And belongs as every tree needs a shadow
Every mountain a cave
Every ocean her depths
Every day its stunning death into night
I am the mother of every wolf
And I fold this dark one in next to her sister the light
Both suckled with the milk of love
Both mine
I claim her.