Feral | Wolf Painting & Survivor Poem by Choctaw Artist Connie D. Phillips. *Feral* is a wolf painting on copper paired with a survivor's poem. It speaks for those who carry betrayal but refuse to remain silent. The wolf becomes every woman who hunts the truth and rises from the shadows. Feral Rising from shadows, She stands in moonlight. Long, lean, A cold wind whips Her wild mane. She scours the darkness, Hunting where He buried his lies Under half-truths and Shadows. His treachery cracks like Bone between her teeth. She throws back her head, Her cry rips the night to shreds. The stench of his deceit Lingers like rot. She turns to follow, Silent, savage. Her steps quicken. From the deep, She growls. — Connie D. Phillips wolf painting, wolf art, wolf poem, Connie D. Phillips, Choctaw artist, feral wolf art, wolf mixed media, copper wolf painting, indigenous contemporary art