For Poets United, Midweek Motif – Human.
Like Humans
I love.
I weep.
I feel pain
both in my soul
and in my body.
I get cold.
I get hot.
I get thirsty.
I get hungry.
I walk among the trees
and look up at the stars.
I howl when the moon is full
just like the humans do.
It is amazing how much like us
these humans are.
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Jun 20, 2018 @ 17:53:58
oh yes we are all that we howl like wolfs. Unfortunately there are some who don’t get much further than that
Jun 20, 2018 @ 17:58:31
Very interesting point of view! Is the narrator animal or vegetable? Earthling or alien? What is it they have that we have not? To hear those who love wolves and dogs, it is loyalty, playfulness, compassion. To hear those who love trees, it is affinity with silence and love.
Jun 20, 2018 @ 18:08:20
The narrator is what ever you want it to be. I myself thought of wolves but that is up to the reader
Jun 20, 2018 @ 18:49:34
We are more like wolves than most people know. I love this, Toni. I am having trouble finding words for this prompt. I am too preocuupied with the children at the border, so my thoughts are not very kind. Sigh.
Jun 20, 2018 @ 18:51:22
Then do your worst Sherry. We deserve it! And thank you for getting my poem.
Jun 20, 2018 @ 20:28:10
howling at the moon – made me think wolf – an amazing creature…
Jun 20, 2018 @ 21:02:10
Brilliant! We are, sometimes, like humans…
Jun 20, 2018 @ 21:31:13
Nice. Took me to the end before I “got it”!
Jun 21, 2018 @ 00:24:48
Love the wolf’s perspective. Only if in reality humans were like the wolves and let life be. Sigh.
Jun 21, 2018 @ 03:18:01
…and that is another problem with humans that they disregard the feelings of all the other inhabitants in the world, whether they be mammals, birds, fish, insects or whatever. Our failure to protect wild animals in their own habitat is a disgrace.
Jun 21, 2018 @ 08:47:33
What a wonderful way to say, what humans are. Humans are complex, so complex, it is hard for us to understand “us.” If only we could step outside ourselves, we might be able to see more clearly. It is not hard to see why we make such a mess of things.
Jun 21, 2018 @ 11:50:47
Love the angle you went with this. Beautifully spoken through the eyes of the wolf.
Jun 21, 2018 @ 13:11:20
Thank you Carrie!
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Jun 21, 2018 @ 13:31:18
I interpret your poem differently. It could be one group of humans discovering that other groups of humans are just like them. Whether one is an American by birth, an American by naturalization, an undocumented resident, an undocumented wanting to immigrate….we all love, feel pain, get hungry, etc. We are all more alike than different.
Jun 21, 2018 @ 13:53:53
I like your interpretation!
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Jun 23, 2018 @ 12:51:16
A wolf might see some similarities, and scorn others. I’d like to howl at a listening moon right now.
Jun 23, 2018 @ 12:53:31
Go ahead! I do it on a monthly basis. My neighbors have gotten used to it.
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