howl

i watch depression grow

as reality takes some lives

and alters function in others

loved and ‘undeserving’

of such pain

and again, personal fear

and anger blind so many

to recognizing others

as fosters of our best

selves needed to combat

if never conquer

entropy and loss

we’ve allowed

the despairing wolf

within us all

to howl

MaryJane Nordgren

Author of the Nandria Series, MaryJane is a retired family practice physician who grew up in the Midwest but now lives in the Pacific Northwest.

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