the beast of the night by sara campos-silvius

​Once a month ‘neath the milky moon, full
A creature is summoned to answer blood’s pull
 
Snarling snout, silhouette lupine
Rippling and liquid, inhuman design
 
Thick hairy hide in black-glistening night
Merging with shadows like lovers meld light
 
Clamorous hunger and hill-hewing claw
When moon glows in glory–beware, beware all!
 
Fangs murderously tipp’d behind drool-dripping lips
Dare not a cut, not even a nip
 
Night orb ignites the cursed call within
Air-cleaving howl signals hunt to begin
 
Werewolf pursues now in pulse-pounding haste
Flee its fell fate, or next you lead the chase!