Hello Wolf Girl,

I've missed you.
I've missed your fangs and fearless
   laughter when you toss your head
   and smile
I miss the lithe way you sprawl
   on the rocks
I miss running in the woods -- you knew
   each tree by the moss on the bark
   and the scent of the roots near the ground;
   we burrowed into hollow logs and
   thickets full of blackberries.
Wolf Girl, I miss you
   and the blue
   mountains in white mantles strung
   across the skyline -- a congregation;
   you owned these valleys and rivers
   and you knew without doubt
   who you were, your fearsome heart,
   your feckless grin, tongue lolling,
   eyes shining, your unflagging gait
   racing against lumber-loaded trains
   to and from the world
   where you reign.

I am glad
to have
found you again.