Lost Identity

by Sunshine   Mar 24, 2011


You seem to enclose a peaceful cave,
and I a wolf ashamed of solitude
featured on filthy streets,
uncertain if waiting at your hills for
countless daybreaks would bestow my
homelessness a roof.

Since when do I look for a name
to embrace me?
Now I wonder where I put my rebellious
identity...

By: Rania Moallem

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  • 13 years ago

    by Fear2love

    I love the topic, and i like the way you say little, but express so much. And your poems is some times like a puzzle, gotta put the pieces together, love it lol....

  • 13 years ago

    by Courageous Dreamer

    I would take out 'the' before 'solitude' & 'filthy streets', not really needed!

    As for the meaning of the poem, it's excellent. I liked how you personified yourself as a wolf, it would have been more interesting however to not directly compare yourself to something yet leave it up to the reader to interpret your metaphor on their own, but I'm not saying it was a bad idea the way you did it. The idea of the peaceful cave definitely emphasizes that you're protective of yourself when it comes to being with someone, I would suppose that's only because you wish not to be hurt, which is a very common feeling. The bit at the end of the first stanza also emphasized the protection idea quite nicely.

    The ending was truly powerful and I think really said what you were trying to say in the first stanza, yet simply stated. Loved the curiosity in your voice. Lovely little piece.

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