Saturday, March 9, 2024

 Rewilding

by Julie Wise


We were wild once
 
before gender claimed us
society tamed us

lowering our gaze
our voices
softening edges, words
choices
swallowing light
burying dreams

And now we rise
thunderclouds eclipsing your sun

And you wonder
why

It was always
a matter
of time


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Julie Wise is a writer from Canada. Her writing has appeared in MOST magazine, CafeLit, Potato Soup Journal and in two anthologies. She explores beginnings, endings and the magic in between. She is working on her second novel.

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