I am sorry for you
if I’m not just like her
if I don’t fill exactly
the gap she left behind
But I am a lion
from another pride
and the cage
you built around her
just wasn’t made
to hold me
— 01:39:40 AM
[1972]
link to this page: <a href="http://opalcat.com/Creative_Writing/poem-cages">OpalCat.com: Poem: "Cages"</a>
