Box For A Lone Wolf



In a box
For a lone wolf,
I lay my thoughts
To rest,
Gone
Are the days
Of howling,
As I suppress
My feral nature.
In this small,
Confined space,
I try to make sense
Of it all,
Feeling trapped
And isolated,
As I struggle
To break the screen.
I long for the freedom,
To roam
And explore once more,
But I fear
My untamed identity,
And what it might
Drive me to do.

So I sit here
In my box,
Trapped
In my own mind,
Wondering
If I'll ever
Break free,
And leave
This confinement
To die alone.
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Written on June 19, 2023

Submitted by JoeStrickland on June 19, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 505
Words 133
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 24, 10

Joe Strickland

Writer from South Carolina. Recently signed first publishing contract and is waiting for release date of first collection of poetry. I've never written a poem while completely sober. You can follow me on Twitter/X @JoeStricklandAU more…

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