Sally and the Wolf

Short story/poem. Sally seeks advice from Mr. Wolf.

"Hello Mr. Wolf, what brings you this way?

The sun's settling down and the sky's turning grey.

The winds are howling, I can hear the trees hum,

They're singing of night's wicked creatures to come."

"Don't you know Sally, this is the best time of day,

When beasts come out and the night comes to play.

It's time to run wild and dance with the wolves,

Or are you too frightened, just a girl in the woods?"

"You see Mr Wolf, you are quite contradicting.

Your words are wise, but your ideas are conflicting.

I don't ever know whether to laugh or to run

You have my perspective completely undone."

But it was the siren song calling her name,

And she listened gently to the rhythmic rain.

Pittering, pattering into a mesmeric trance

That possessed Sally's bones to begin to dance.

And then one by one, they joined her,

The beasts of night, the old myths of yore.

They swayed their bodies beneath the moon

Knowing too well it would all end too soon

She danced that night and she fell in love

With those of whom not spoken of

But it was the wolf that made her stop

To ask for words she deeply sought

"It seems, Mr. Wolf, you have me inflicted

Why do others seem nice and you seem so wicked

Yet when there's trouble affront, you intervene

When the kindness they show is sometimes just mean"

"You don't always find your answers in friends,

You don't always find them in your happy ends.

Sometimes you find them in unlikely places,
From unlikely creatures with uncomely faces.

Sally then smiled, for she understood

What is was to be a girl in the woods

That even in darkness she's never alone

And she knew it was finally time to go home.

Reviews

[Karmee]

Oh wow! this is wonderful, so poetic, very well written write.

[grayscale heart]

Wow. Your rhythm flows so effortlessly. So nice.

[Scarlett Brooke]

Thank you, that's very nice to hear!

[Samuel Dickens]

Great rhymes and an intriguing tale--this is great! Young women in the woods with wolves is always a great theme, methinks. Very good writing.

[Scarlett Brooke]

You're very kind. Your review is greatly appreciated.