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Open Poetry #49

Shelter Skelter

EmmaRose
Senior Member

since 2011-03-02

Posts 1376
Midwest

0 posted 2015-07-28 10:13 AM

Some had roamed stray
frozen to the marrow,
some abandoned on box cars
some born right there, by the struggle
of their mother, once caged

I look at them
my browns scan their blues
and greens and violets and every
other color, imaginable

some come sit with me
some scurry by, some strike
me with anger, still stung
by the hand of a 'human'

I have to play God
deciding who will be released today
for some free roaming time
reprieved from the dreaded cage
that I can't help but fantasize that
inside the cage, were those more deserving
than the innocents that dwell in them

I believe some have come to like me
and know I would never ever hurt them
some may even love me, but there is no
place or use for vanity or pride here

all my heart may pine away for
is that they know that I love them.

*for those who know the heart of an animal*

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2015-07-28 10:31 AM

Poetry for the caged ones is beautifully rendered, Emma, with sadness in its wake. Ahhh . . . I know what it is like to be caged . . . But at least, in my case, and so many others, our direct action put me in that cage. I have a feeling these animals you write so eloquently about are innocent and are only put in that cage just because of who/what they are . . .

~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

2 posted 2015-07-28 10:46 AM

You are sensitive to their feelings and life. No animal should be caged and so many are.
nice post, Jo

jjote
Senior Member

since 2002-12-25

Posts 1088
Ontario, Canada

3 posted 2015-07-28 11:04 AM

I can empathize with this, a cat and a yorkie lives with my granddaughters, even now that they have grown up, and the yorkie is dying, still they would not part with it.

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

4 posted 2015-07-28 05:27 PM

enjoyed...james

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