We Are The Wild OnesA Poem by Jocelyn Edelstein
We are the wild ones we've been waiting for
We are the children - the drums - the howling - the bleeding and the innocent darkness We are contradiction and unpredictable decision We are freewill, unity and division We are the wild ones we've been waiting for We are a feral contract formed by hungry Gods We are a witnessing wisdom and a reactive force of nature We are destroying and creating the true and the truer over and over We are the wild ones we've been waiting for And when we stop trying to pretend that we must be tamed, we will find the whole circle kind of lightning laughter, the bible's lascivious, lost chapter, the happily - unresigned to ever after We are the ones we have been waiting for Wild Sweet Gritty Graceful We are the Wild And we shall wait No LONGER © 2016 Jocelyn Edelstein |
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1 Review Added on August 1, 2016 Last Updated on August 1, 2016 Tags: shamelessjoy, blog, blogger, poetry, poem, writing, jocelynedelstein, urbanbodyproject AuthorJocelyn EdelsteinPortland, ORAboutI am an Oregon based writer, filmmaker and choreographer who relishes all the landscapes where story lives. I believe stories activate the code of empathy, dissolve the grip of isolation and voice o.. more.. |