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Don't Even Dare

by Susan Q Tomas

If you follow me, hunt me down like a dog,
Try and capture me . . . I will bite you.
I am not yours.
I belong to no man.
I don't even belong to myself.

Love is patient and kind.
It does not cage.
It is not hostile.

If I fear you I can not love you.

01/25/2011

Author's Note: Just venting intensity.

Posted on 01/30/2011
Copyright © 2024 Susan Q Tomas

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 01/31/11 at 09:22 PM

Still a good bit of work.

Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 06/24/11 at 07:47 PM

Good relationships must be built on mutual respect is what I take from this succinct poem.

Posted by Rob Littler on 07/06/13 at 04:10 PM

On my first read I hit "hunt me down like a dog" and my mind read "hunt me down like a dog would hunt" So I was left at the end thinking about the interplay of wanting to love something you have to tenderly chase, knowing capture is not the goal. A dog hunts by instinct, training. This dog would not bite, just point. Barking is worse than the bite, trust me I know. Being a Dog. Still I was glad to catch this as the POTD.

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