La Loba, Sing

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La Loba,

in your dark cave,

under the full moon,

sing.

Sing as you gather the bones 

of my brother and sister wolves.

Sing as you lay them down

on the ground.

Place them end to end,

tenderly, carefully,

piece by piece, 

until they are whole.

Then breathe life into them 

and watch them leap up,

joyous-eyed, tails arcing,

teeth snapping and smiling,

around the fire.

Sing,

as they take my heart with them

and run away,

beautiful, laughing and free,

into the welcoming

midnight forest.

from 2013, my friends, shared with the Poetry Pantry at Poets United. La Loba is a mythical woman of the Pueblo people. I found a fascinating description of her powers here.