The Gremlin-Wolf

In and out of sleep
Gripped by fear
As a brand new predator
Draws near

To me and my brood.

I try making myself
Look bigger than I am.
I scream and roar
But I can’t scare him

And he returns to destroy

He changes color
And his fur changes design
His teeth are wet
He is after me and mine

But he keeps breaking the line
And I can’t defend nor retreat

All night stuck between threat and defeat.