words leave
your lips like a voice of a tamed wolf
in silence, with a touch of
moonlight
you sense
the power they could've had
as the feet
seem to remember some path of old
but can't
decide which one feels more like home
hundred battles
you fought to stay sane
your uniform laying on the floor
on your way
out, you stumble upon it, every time
a reminder
of dreams you had to let go
all black
beside you now, only images firing up in your mind
like stepping into quicksand
a week is a
day, and a night is a minute
running
towards an unidentified goal
or drifting
away from what you achieved
you watch
how everything changes
transforming back and forth into
a swirl
changing
the nature of living
but you
keep waking up inside your skin
and are
already missing those waking moments
which need
no modifications to be perfect
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beautifully expressed. powerful words.
ReplyDeleteWords ca sometimes heal and sometimes wound us. Lovely poem
ReplyDeleteNatasa,
ReplyDeleteWhat a powerful poem, which I believe might touch upon the subject of human turmoil and illness. The fears and the small steps of bravery required to simply get through each day. Very well related here...
Eileen
ouch...what an opening....i dont want to be tame...and be left knowing how much power they could have had....waking up missing those wakeful moments...what a sad realization that would be...happy sunday natasa
ReplyDeleteWhew, nice poem here...I think it could speak both of a wolf and a person. Wildness may be natural, but sometimes one allows oneself to be tamed. There are trade-offs with this, however, and I think both a person & a tame wolf will always look back on the wildness with a sense of nostalgia.
ReplyDeleteReally nice poem!
ReplyDeleteOh, I loved this. Such emotion twined in every line. Just perfect, Nataša.
ReplyDelete"but you keep waking up inside your skin
ReplyDeleteand are already missing those waking moments
which need no modifications to be perfect".... beautiful resolution to this poem.
there are some great lines in this... terrific poem
ReplyDelete"but you keep waking up inside your skin" is powerful. I know that feeling. Love the "voice of a tamed wolf"..........I lived with a wolf for 14 years - he was part tame, but kept his Alpha spirit to the last moment of his life.
ReplyDeleteThis is a piece to come back to again and again for me--for me it speaks to the issues of being present and authentic in that present--and feeling the transformations make their way--just a terrific piece!
ReplyDeletewow & wow... the sadness in the image of a tamed wolf, the words stripped of power... & the punch of the final three lines... beautifully poetic, the truths imaged in your poem will stay with me
ReplyDeleteI specially like the last verse ~ I think mst of mind are walking & dwelling in the unconscious ~ Good one ~
ReplyDeletevery strong imagery. i am not too sure, but i think this is a poem about a person's internal conflicts, which i gathered from the opening lines
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