Why does the wolf howl at the moon?

Rosemarie from Poets and Storytellers united asked us the write a poem starting with Why

Howling wolf (Photo Credit : pxhere)

I didn't know what question to ask and came on a website with questions people ask in Google. This is one of them and I became interested in the wolf. In Europe the wolf is protected. When I came back home to the Netherlands recently, many worried about the wolf having to live in their country. Wolves however play a very important part in the ecosystem. You can read more about it here and here

Why does the wolf howl at the moon?

Some say he sang his song
to bring the moon into being
but for the wolf the moon
is just a slippery strand of pepper
or a serene light in the night 

When the wolf howls
he connects to his pack
The moon listens to his lament
How he was pursued
by human predators 

Yes, he did eat grandma
and some sheep as well
and we must envelope
the farmer with love, for his loss
while giving space to the wolf 

Once we lived in harmony
than we took control
like madmen we took it all
to build castles and cars
We became paupers 

dressed up like kings
living on an overheated planet
with enraged currents in toxic rivers
When the wolf doesn’t howl no more
mother nature will be mourning

We belong to her exquisite system
A divine dance of natural order
Feel the earth in your bones again
Surf on the swerving wind
Move with the pulsating moon

Break down your concrete walls
Demagnetize power and prestige,
Replace this plastic place and
welcome the wolf and the natural world
or....take more from mother earth

when she slips into poverty
we slip into Armageddon