Wolf.

The party had gone really well
but it was time to go,
I said goodbye to all my friends,
those faces that I know,
Then I began the long walk home
and I was not afraid,
Thats no excuse when I look back
at that mistake I made,
For soon I knew without a doubt
that I was not alone,
And as I thought of things I'd heard
it chilled me to the bone,
So I hurried along the street
and ducked around a bend,
That wasn't such a good idea
as it was a dead end,
Turning now to face the threat
I tried to hide my fright,
I saw two men advance on me
their eyes as black as night,
Then I was backed against a wall
my throat had froze in place,
As one man held a pointed knife
with snarl fixed on his face,
Then as I thought my end had come
I saw the strangest sight,
A shadow crept behind the men
It's yellow eyes shone bright,
Then was heard a rumbling growl
that spun the men around,
The biggest wolf I'd ever seen
stood there without a sound,
It's lips drew back revealing teeth
so razor sharp and white,
To those two men at whom it stared
it was a fearful sight,
Then with a snarl the big wolf moved,
the men began to shout,
and in their haste they dropped the knife
while rushing to get out,
Then they were gone into the dark,
it seemed that I was free,
My shoulders slumped in cool relief,
the wolf just stared at me,
And as I looked at lolling tongue
confusion I could feel,
Wolves just didn't live round here,
This whole thing didn't seem real,
As if the wolf could read my thoughts
he seemed to back away,
I will recall what I saw next
until my dying day,
The air around the wolf just gleamed
with tiny pricks of light,
Then swirled with such a dazzling glow
so brilliant in the night,
And where before a wolf had stood
a figure now arose,
He stood there proud before my eyes
without a stitch of clothes,
And then he flashed a brilliant smile
with teeth still dazzling white,
"Be safe," he said before he turned
and vanished in the night.