Vanguard snows blanket
Cougar Mountain sublimity

In the ashen distance between
contrasts of white on white ,
just above the disappearing
Majestic  alpine  timberline

Painterly allusions cast
a weary and elusive amity,

distinctive premonitions adrift
driven before the wind

The wayfaring  wolf  looks back,
wind  broken ,   beset
a cold and lonely peace

Swarthy  paw  prints
sink  deeply
into  the  will  to  be

fiercely stirring purpose

feral  awareness  keen

existence steadfast

perseverance  unwavering


Driven  by  the  power  ­of  love


                                                   ­                                     wild  is  the  wind
                                       ­                                                  *giving  thanks