Release

I have been storing up so much inside;
when will it be time to let it all go,
and how unburden myself of it all?
Dashing through the snow, wolves snap at my heels,
supplies that I had been transporting home
distract them when I toss them behind me--
one wolf yelps and snarls when I hit its nose,
but it stays behind to rip it open

and eat it, gulping it down greedily
and not worrying about digesting.
Over my lifelong journey home, I have
collected many exquisite things,
and many just of personal value.
As the signs say, though, Everything Must Go!

~~ "Release" by Don Riggs