Shiver With the Wolf

The wolf sleeps alone
Too wary
Too cagey to share his den.
He settles into darkness
Willing himself to not shiver
Lest he betray his heart.

We share this, in the helix of our DNA
This dark determination
To conceal our hearts.

We sleep alone
Even when we share our sheets
Careful to hide our hungers.

It is not the apparent that defines us.

We may never be known
Until another understands
What fuels our souls
And feeds our famine...
Until we shiver with the wolf.