I want to go home

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I Want To Go Home

 

 

Alone at night in my room

I can feel the full moon in the sky

I cannot see it, touch it, or smell it,

But I know it’s there

I feel its pull and it is familiar to me

It has been for some time

 

Its power is hypnotic

No matter where I go it finds me

I cannot hide from it

 I cannot run from it

 I never truly would

For it calls a part of me

 

Like magic I feel it well up inside me

I can hear the others call

All of them are waiting for me

Eyes turned in my direction

 I feel their distant thoughts and voices

 

It feels like they are right here with me

 I can smell the scents of the forest again

 

The great trees and thick underbrush

I still remember them fondly

I want to go home

 

Back to my mate, I know and love

Back to where I can be myself

I have been too long away from them

In the concrete wilderness

 

Too long away from all I hold dear

Too long away from what is precious to me

I want to go home, want to go home

I feel so out of place here

 So lost without them

I want to go home

 

Trapped

Trapped

Trapped in this man’s body

I have to get out and leave this prison behind

I hate it so

 

I don’t want to return to this place

This land of concrete and strange scents

This is not my home

 

I want the clear starlit sky

 The sounds of the forest

I want the running rivers and lakes

I desire a fresh wind on my face

I want to run alongside my family and friends

I want so much to live again

Not hold back anymore

I am dieing here in this place

 I feel so alone

 

Moon, sweet moon

Moving to the window

I see you my salvation

Moon, sweet moon

You are my old friend

Through you I found where I belong

 

Cursed is the day the cell door closed,

 and I was locked away

I committed no wrong

 Yet I am punished all the same

 

 

 

All I want is freedom

I don’t desire riches or fame

Open the door to my prison

Let me go home

 

 

The jailer is asleep

Only I am awake

Let it be now

Let it be now

 

Now when I’m strong and he is weak

Unlock my jail cell

Set me free

 

 

I can feel him stirring

It won’t belong

Now is my chance

If I don’t go now

Soon it will be gone

 

I can force the change

It will probably hurt so much

But what choice do I have?

I can feel him coming

 

 

Howling in the distance

I can feel our body shift

He begins to fight

It’s a battle of wills

I don’t plan to lose this

fight

 

The hair comes first

Next bone shifts under flesh

I feel like I’m being pulled apart

 

Pain

So much pain

But I can handle it

The pain is the key

It is part of the change

 

My form begins to shift

So close

So close

 

He fights me pulling me back

I see him in our head

As he fights me he cannot run

Cannot hide

He is exposed at long last

 

My chance has come

Bearing my fangs I snarl

Revenge is on my mind

I will not be trapped again

 

I can see the open door

He expects me to run

But instead I fight

My form bristling

I charge and bite

 

I can taste his blood

He struggles and fights

Wounded he runs

At last I am alone

 

The change finishes

Now I can go home

 

Howling in triumph

I send a call to my pack

 

My family

My friends

My beautiful mate

My lovely woods

All that I love

At last I’m coming home

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Roxie Martelli]

So correct me if I'm wrong. But I believe the character is a werewolf am I wrong? Loved the way the character changed. The inner turmoil and hate. It was really interesting to get inside the characters brain. The wolf's passions and wants almost being lifelike. Regardless of an animal or a person, those wants are universal. Good work bro!

Best of Days,
Roxie

What the lady said before me is all there is.

[Marie]

I loved this. It's descriptive and not at the same time. This is something that I recently discovered that I like, for a poem to be descriptive and not at the same time. Great job!