A cry pierces the silent night
We hear and understand its plight
Rushing through the woods toward painful howls
The mothers answer it with worried growls
As we near the howling ends
Replaced by whimpers not of sadness but frightened
Reaching a field of wheat by a humans house
Lays a basket inside at first glance might be a mouse
But pulling away the small blanket
Reveals what seems to be wolf pup
Its yellow eyes gaze up at me
Filling my soul with pity
For this seventh son
Who looks so much like a beast?
But we know for ourselves
That he is not a monster at all
He's just a human in a wolves cloak
So cradling him in my arm
We leave his old family to the past
He is our kin now
For better or for worse he will hold the name
Werewolf