The Wolves Behind Your Uncle's House

[awinterpassing]

I.

The pond behind your uncle’s house froze over every winter. In a recurring dream from your childhood you are digging down under the snow, under the ice, and beneath that thick layer there are fruit tress growing and wolves sleeping beneath them. Their teeth are sharp and their eyes are hungry, but they are friendly. You somehow thought this

Comments

[seppy13]

Jesse--
This is beautiful.
I think you are my favorite author.

[tongues4hands]

i love these snap shots.

[gothiktenkasen]

For a moment, I thought these were separate and I liked it like that because there's so much to the snippets provided. Then I realized it was coming full circle and I liked it better that way. I would've liked a mention of the uncle in the last one.

[anonymous]

funny how the wolves are always the destroyers or higher soul. such beautiful creatures yet so wild and untamed. the undiscovered factor of the metaphor is so mind boggling. and by that, i mean that it can be taken in many different ways. like the song by Bon Iver.