Three voices

Three Voices
(after Alicia Ostriker)

I’m scared, I’m afraid
can anyone help?
pleaded five-year-old me

We are meant to fly
Come, find your wings
said the red-tailed hawk

I’ll walk by your side
Grab my ruff 
whenever you need
said the steel-black wolf

They walk with me still
marvels eighty-year-old me