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I Am Not Wild MAG

January 30, 2014
By KaitlynJK16 GOLD, Rome, Maine
KaitlynJK16 GOLD, Rome, Maine
11 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I am your Diary, the lock is on my lips, the pages in my heart" Quote from myself


I am not wild.
I am not wild;
Alone.

Placed among faces
with which I'm acquainted,
I find a time
where I was wild in a pack.

The sun rested and lent
the earth to its cooling brother.
That blind eye looked down on
five wolves, females,
before our prime.
The day was spent in celebration,
as was the night. Paws imprinted soft dirt.
Headlong we raced, young tongues lolling,
youthful eyes absorbing the moon-drowned road ahead.
Crouched behind bushes we lay in waiting.

We waited for the light-filled eyes of
our prey,
speeding ever closer until our battle anthem rose behind us.
We charged, pelts glinting ethereal dances
to the sky.
The car belted an energetic approval.
Startled by the noise, we flee, only to return to the hunt later.

We were not wolves.
Yet wild with our dim dances beside
rural roads,
not to be remembered, nor found again.

Alone. Eyes glint only dimly,
darkened orbs that distract from keen teeth.
Precautioned people skirt left, right.
I crave only the life I live, with the
moon and myself.
Being a wolf, pelt dancing. Being a girl, teeth clenched.
Unconfined. Free. Alone. Dangerous.


The author's comments:
Written for a contest. Liked it well enough to post.

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on Mar. 6 2014 at 12:30 pm
KaitlynJK16 GOLD, Rome, Maine
11 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I am your Diary, the lock is on my lips, the pages in my heart" Quote from myself

I wanted to say, that after ommitting the first three and versy last line of this poem the piece won the 2013-2014 Telling Room Contest along with a girl from a different school. :)

on Feb. 9 2014 at 8:09 pm
KaitlynJK16 GOLD, Rome, Maine
11 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I am your Diary, the lock is on my lips, the pages in my heart" Quote from myself

Thank you so much. I absolutely adore when something I write can make a person smile :). In your comment you mentioned wishing you could write something "so good". I just wanted to tell you that even if you think poetry isn't your thing now it really can be. Previous poems I have posted here are not a hit but it doesn't mean they aren't any good. Writing, whether it be prose, poetry,essays or anything else, should solely make the author happy. That's what makes a piece good. I can honestly say poetry was never truly my thing and it never came easy that was because I was forcing my words out. Forcing rhyme and forcing rhythm choked my own effect. So let the words come. Don't aim for any special rhyme scheme or anything that's for editing. :) I realize I just forced your comment way out of proportion but I just needed to encourage you the best I could. Anything a person does is amazing in one way or another. I value the time you took to read my poem and write me a comment :).

on Feb. 9 2014 at 8:02 pm
KaitlynJK16 GOLD, Rome, Maine
11 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I am your Diary, the lock is on my lips, the pages in my heart" Quote from myself

Thank you so much :)

on Feb. 8 2014 at 10:09 pm
JadeCorrell GOLD, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts
12 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Reality continues to ruin my life."

This is so cute... wish I could write something so good. Poetry is not my thing, it's obviously yours!! You are amazing, keep going!!! <3

on Feb. 7 2014 at 10:22 pm
jennag4 PLATINUM, New City, New York
27 articles 1 photo 36 comments

Favorite Quote:
I write to be the characters that I&#039;m not.

great imagery! really powerful and connective