as the sun rose the darkness wept
As the sun rose the darkness wept
As it set it crept back into that darkness
An old wolf wondered
“what really happened?”
“had he been raised
…by humans!!”
He could not return to the den
For he was a “self-cast” outcast
Uncomfortable with “wolf” ways
Oh, he howled
But not at the moon
He howled at the wind
For it had no past
Existed only here….now
Growled at the hawk’s shadow
Envious of its flight
He had been “rescued”
By the “well meaning”
“Tamed” by a wire fence
Fed by a non-feral hand
Escape – not a dream
But a necessity
He must be
What he is
Who he is
What he had become
A lone wolf
Who wondered
Copyright © John Lawless | Year Posted 2024
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