Tamed Wolf Poem by DiAnne Douglass

You were like a dog
Loyal and friendly to a fault
That is what I liked most about you

I was like a lone wolf
Wounded and discarded by my pack, my family
Abandoned to live a life in loneliness

Then you found me
You licked my wounds clean
And comforted me at a time
When I still believed I needed no one

Your smile lowered my guard
Your laughter warmed me through
Until I finally realized
How much I needed you

I am no longer a lone wolf
My family has returned to me
I no longer find solicitude in loneliness
You chased that need out of me

Instead I have become tamed by you
So please reward me with a kiss
That I may finally taste your sweet fangs
With these lips