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Critique for Poppy <3

Hi Poppy! I really enjoyed reading your piece and it's super well-written! I'll just give some general comments and then move on to line-by-line stuff.
So the main thing that I wanted to point out is also a stylistic choice, so it's not something you need to necessarily focus on, but I think fewer line breaks would help the flow a bit :0 some of your more impactful lines are diluted a little bit by the shorter paragraphs are, and at some places the storytelling feels a bit disjointed (not sure if that's exactly the word): for example, this portion:
I nod, only to please her, and turn to the window.
Behind me, in the distance, the wolves howl.
Some of the people on the other side of the thorns and woods call me diseased.
They call me mad.
They call me skittish, like a rat in a trap.
A child that never learned bravery.
I personally think it would work better if you condensed it into fewer paragraphs, and varied the sentence structure a little? It'll also help transition between focuses of the writing (the MC's movement, the howling, the reminiscence) instead of isolating them.
But!! As I said, this is definitely a stylistic thing, and I think the spacing makes the writing read really poetically, like in the last three lines of the snippet <3 it's a pretty big part of the piece (and I feel like it's your distinctive writing style!), and in the end it's up to you!

Aside from that, I don't see anywhere else in the piece overall that really needs improvement :> the character development and dynamics are amazing, the concept is really well-executed, and I love the implementation of the song/nursery rhyme. The pacing is perfect, and I love the theme of making peace - it's something that took me a reread to really understand, but the symbolism and description really added to it! As for wording, it's very well done and not repetitive at all - of course weeping's used often, but then there's not a lot of suitable synonyms and you've already used them xD

Some line-by-line pointers:

Mama, mama
The wolves are out tonight
This is such a cool intro

Some of the people on the other side of the thorns and woods call me diseased.
Ooh nice foreshadowing :0 because technically the MC is “diseased” in a sense

“We control them,” I whisper to myself. I am truly making an attempt to stay calm, but I know it’s not true.
Wolves serve the moon. They cry to it, they pray to it, they wake when it does.
Ayy more foreshadowing, especially for the sun/moon contrast!

the silver spout.
Am I right in seeing something here ;D

Wolves love moon, the moon loves silver.
Shouldn't it be “the moon” instead of just moon? You put “the trees” for the first line so I'm assuming that it's not a rhythm thing :0

I tear through a wall of thorns, feeling the little prickles scratch me.
I thought the thorns were only by MC's house? I don't think you mentioned that they were by the well too ahaha

Papa, do the wolves cry tears like mine?
Cold, slick, and sweet, like Mama’s finest wine?
Love that you bring up Papa after mentioning him for the first time earlier!

They weep that I am.
I didn't get this line for a good bit ahaha - does this mean that the wolves weep because the MC exists? I think I would say “They weep, for I am,” instead, but that doesn't transition as well from the previous line and it's still not clear this way either xD it's a great line, but just to let you know that it can be a bit confusing aha <3

As for titles: The Wolves Are Out Tonight (would the “are” be capitalized?) is my favorite if you find that helpful :0 but they're all amazing!
Soooo I think that's about it. Again, I really enjoyed reading, and aside from some personal preferences with the flow I think there's not much to point out in terms of improvement :> Thanks for letting me critique, I really hope this helps!