Boy With Multicolored Eyes

crouched...
     ready
     attack or flee?
he hides
     exposing not even
     the speckled ambiguity
     of social foliage.
watching...
     hunger reaches
     out to feed
     where fear springs back-
this quiver
     held between
     is snapping snarling pain.
He's not afraid of me
     but that he'll tame!
     Oh, wild intensity
How can he trust
     me just to touch
     undo the trap
     and set him free?

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Date: 9/18/2022 4:58:00 AM
I'll have to be careful here. You always read between the lines! Well spotted! E.
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Date: 9/17/2022 9:38:00 PM
Here's an interesting two-way 'trap:' What 'traps' him, once released -- may trap he/she who frees... :) gw
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Date: 6/29/2022 11:56:00 PM
Thank you for commenting on my poem, Christuraj. You've led me to have alook at yours and there, first up, is Wasp, which I adore! Elizabeth
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Date: 6/29/2022 11:37:00 PM
Unique writing. Congratulations!
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Date: 6/29/2022 5:23:00 AM
A lovely write! Enjoyed the format! Congratulations!
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Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 6/29/2022 8:44:00 PM
I can't tell you how much this means to me! Just makes my day! Thank you! Elizabeth
Date: 6/22/2022 11:30:00 PM
Thank you, Aurore. Amazing isn't it, how we always bring ourselves to what ever we read! Elizabeth
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Date: 6/22/2022 11:17:00 PM
Beautiful poem, I imagined this a few different ways.
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