THE WOLVES NEVER REST
SHARON RASHBAM PROP
THEY WERE MY ESCORTS
FOR YEARS
MAKING SURE
THAN I NEVER FORGET
OLD GRIEF
THE WOLVES ARE
CHILDHOOD ACHES, GROWING ALONG WITH US
THEY MATURE FROM TINY MEMORIES
INTO OLD DULL ACHES
THEY BECOME OUR DEFINITIONS. THEY TELL THE OUTSIDE
WHAT IS ALLOWED
AND WHAT IS NOT
WHAT MAKES US STRONGER
WHAT BREAKS
AND FOR AS LONG AS THEY ARE THERE
WE ARE FOREVER TRYING TO ESCAPE
BE DIFFERENT
STRONGER
I TRY TO RECOGNIZE THEM
IDENTIFY EACH ONE
UNDERSTAND WHAT MAKES THEM
LIFT THIER HEADS
IF I ACCEPT THEM
THEY WILL NOT SURPRISE ME AGAIN
I'LL KNOW
NOW MY FAR AWAY CHILDHOOD IS PAINFUL AGAIN
AND THE RISING WOLF
IS HERE TO REMIND ME
TO BE AWARE AND TO NOTICE
TO STAY AWAKE
WHILE I AM LOOKING AFTER
MYSELF