No Need to Be Strong

Hounded is the title of this confidence poem, meant as a reminder that you’re way stronger and more resilient than you may think.

Hounded – A Confidence Poem

Blood-thirsty 
 the hounds were clipping my heels
 panting, jeering 
 teeth showing
 
breath bereft 
 the lion's roar ceased
 dying, faltering
 ghost crumbling
 
light flickering 
 neither flight nor flight
 doable, practical 
 discretion spent
 
outwitted
 the lion lay low
 willing, hankering
 death by hideous hounds 
 
a stranger to 
 fiery forces
 converging, composing
 resounding resurrection
 
eardrum busting
 the lion's roar roasted the hounds
 easing, mending
 spirit rising
 
horizon spanning
 my breath took hold
 expanding, binding
 fragments of me

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