A pearl wisdom true
gives reflection it’s depth.
A girl I once knew
lived a lesbian death.
She lied in her harbor
where enemy craved her.
She died a martyr;
lycanthropy saved her.
A reckoning spree:
woman slaked takes acumen.
The beckoning tree
can again make her human.
But will she return
to the world up above?
Why must she burn
for the girl that she loves?
Why must she suffer?
Why must she drown?
Why trust another?
Why up and not down?
Why must she try
myth reversals as treatment?
Why must she lie
with werewolves in secret?
Written by Jason Wright
August 15, 2019
For J.B.: “The Drowning Girl”, The Wolf and the Woman in spades.
