Howl at the moon tonight

Even if it’s from a tiny window of a small apartment in a dense, urban setting

Even if the clouds hide the majestic glow from your eyes

Turn the inner eye toward the sky

And howl

To say thank you for what works

For the little pleasures

And the tiny seeds of hope

To cry and grieve all that hurts in your beautiful heart

And water your garden with your tears for the regeneration of dreams

To call the inner feral child out of their cave

So that the stories and stones and pebbles and ideas

That you picked up and dropped again over the years

Can make a home

For the wild child that keeps you going

Call your desires to breathe life into your roots

Into your naked soul dancing in the rain 

Without boots

Or with

Because boots and nakedness might make you feel connected

To that part of you that needs the moon to spark into new rising

To fill your lungs

And feel your life

And feed your heart

Howl at the full moon tonight, baby! 

We will hear each other in the dark