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Who Am I

April 26, 2010
By wolFFlow BRONZE, Baltimore, Maryland
wolFFlow BRONZE, Baltimore, Maryland
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you talk to the creature, the creature will talk back and you will get to know him.<br /> If you don&#039;t talk to the creature, the creature will not talk back and you will not get to know him.<br /> What you don&#039;t know, you fear. What you fear, you destroy.&quot;


I am a lone wolf,
which seems odd
because wolves are known for their packs,
which pack they live in
or come from.
I have no pack
or place to belong,
struggling to keep above water,
but I can't swim
and have no one to teach me.
My own pack is left behind
while I'm left to fight for myself.
I no longer see them in the distance.
Their howls have faded
and I can't control mines.
The anxiety prevents my howl from being heard,
but my strength keeps the enemies away.
Territory is golden
and so are my thoughts,
locked behind two red eyes of anger and tears of sadness.
My internal conflict takes over,
and an imaginary world appears.
As a spawn from reality,
Angels and Demons battle fiercely,
but demons have the upper-hand.
The more victorious they become,
the more I become like them.
I'm no longer a plain wolf,
but a ferocious beast
that erupts at the birth of a full moon.
I fear what I've become,
and don't want to remain this.
I must assist the Angels in the war.
Love is the only power strong enough to conquer,
and make all the Demons sweat their own blood.
Escaping the castle of my mind
I, the beast, am on pursuit for my beauty.
For once my castle has its queen,
the Demons will no longer curse me,
and alone I will be no more.


The author's comments:
The first day of class is always for introduction. In English class, our first lesson was going to be on peotry, so our first assignment was to wrote a poem describing who we were. The first sentence had to say, "I am.." followed by your name, and the introduction poem was to be read in front of class. Wanting to be different, I asked if I could write mines as a metaphor; describing myself by describing something else. That night, I thought about how I just moved to a differnt state with my grandmother, leaving my mother and all of my friends for the past 6 years behind, going to a new school where I felt I didn't fit in as well and not knowing who I was able to trust. I realized that just like in "Beauty and the Beast", I'm misunderstood and only looked at for my outside appearance. My old friends and I understood each other and stuck together like a pack of wolves, but now my pack is gone and I'm alone. With all of this in mind, an hour later I created this poem. When people read this, I want them to know that no matter how many problems/demons you have coming towards you, there's always an angel behind you. Sometimes you just have to look for it.

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on May. 20 2010 at 10:28 pm
wolFFlow BRONZE, Baltimore, Maryland
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&quot;If you talk to the creature, the creature will talk back and you will get to know him.<br /> If you don&#039;t talk to the creature, the creature will not talk back and you will not get to know him.<br /> What you don&#039;t know, you fear. What you fear, you destroy.&quot;

Thanks, I appreciate it. I'll be sure to check you out too.

on May. 19 2010 at 10:46 am
BiancaMarie SILVER, Colchester, Vermont
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better loved then lost then never to have loved at all

this is ahmazing! keep writing hunn! (=

comment some of mine and rate them plz (=