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The Fearing Unknowns

Today, my spirit is as a wild stallion Free to rear up and paw, my fears A mother bear protects her young, She shelters her cubs, from the feared unknowns The unknowns are her presumed enemies Who cloth in darkness, from her prejudiced light Unknowns are uneducated, they lie today And, millenniums have passed Furthermore, the stallion still rears ©2016 Bonnie Jennings. All Rights Reserved

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Robert Lindley

Date: 6/29/2016 11:49:00 AM

Fear usually demands fight or flight. Animals most often choose flight if the enemy is man--yet when they do not so choose-- man often suffers more than just injured pride. Solid 7 on this one my friend..

Bonnie Jennings
Date: 6/29/2016 2:35:00 PM

Thank you for your comments, dear Robert... I do appreciate the 7... Smiles to you!

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 6/29/2016 8:31:00 AM

captivating writing dear, Bonnie!

Bonnie Jennings
Date: 6/29/2016 9:56:00 AM

Thank you so much... I dedicated this poem to an author friend Susan Joyner-Stumpf who is an animal activist...

Walter T. Ashe

Date: 6/28/2016 10:13:00 PM

Bonnie, thank you for your visit and kind words! A Mother bear with the spirit of a wild stallion still rearing? My sympathies to whomever wrongly crosses that path! :-) actually quite visual! Write On!

Bonnie Jennings
Date: 6/29/2016 6:31:00 AM

Thank you, Walter.... Unfortunate for me and others, yesterday this was me... A ferocious bear/stallion... I'm quite exhausted by having to be this way, yesterday... Thanks for the visit and comment..