A Leopard with stripes
is a Tiger no doubt
Sand in my eyes and
I am an ocean with legs
in a jar with the top
screwed down tight
Flame my name
branches burn blue
Change my veins
burn money too
Long inner calm
against shattering ruse
true sky psalm
I am a flaming ocean
with stripes
on the loose ...
Yes, the containment is painful some days, but the beauty is being able to say so ... despite whatever the Hunter thinks he knows (what exactly does he hunt anyway?).