Wolves We Once Were

21 Oct 2021 by KRAG

wolves we once were
and strong
with sharp-eyed mien
and lean-limbed hunger
joining together
to face
our foes

loyal to the pack
we protected our young
aided our weak
our society of many
united

but the fire drew us in
offered us warmth
against the world’s chill
taught us to hoard
the tossed scrap
rather than share
the pack-won prize

wolves we once were
but no more
having chosen the fire
our pack is weak
divided

with fleck-spittle snouts
we snarl at each other
through our broken fences
unable to wonder
who it is
that tosses us
their scraps

on 28 Oct 2021 at 7:27 am | Reply Fallow Fields | Kurt R.A. Giambastiani

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on 23 Oct 2021 at 2:02 pm | Reply K.A. Corlett

Ah – if we could only remember how to wonder. Dark and beautiful, Kurt.

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- on 23 Oct 2021 at 2:03 pm | Reply KRAG
  
  Thanks, Kristi. Sometimes I wonder how the darker stuff will come across, but this has been surprisingly well received.
  
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on 23 Oct 2021 at 2:55 am | Reply susanrouchard

Thanks Kurt. Beautifully written eulogy poem.

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on 22 Oct 2021 at 10:54 am | Reply Leon R.M. Auguste

I absolutely loved how that last stanza reads after going through the entire poem. It’s like a vicious cycle-of-life moment of realization.

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- on 22 Oct 2021 at 11:32 am | Reply KRAG
  
  Thank you for that, sir. It’s good to know when a chosen metaphor resonates properly.
  
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