The Five Year Howl

Every now and then
Life breaks me
And quietly into the night,
I howl.
I howl at what we've become.
I howl at the cruelty.
I howl at the kindness
That is crushed,
I howl at the injustice,
Why them and not me?
I've sung to plucked strings
Have heard the harmony
In the voices of strangers
And I'm fortunate enough
To know true love.
But sometimes life breaks me,
And quietly into the night,
I howl.