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I Am Authentically Wild, A Free Spirit, Hear Me Roar

I live to the beat of my own drum

By Colleen Millsteed Published 4 years ago 1 min read
I Am Authentically Wild, A Free Spirit, Hear Me Roar
Photo by Luke Tanis on Unsplash

I am one of a kind, as are you

There are traits that define me,

I am a heretic, a rule breaker

Defiant of set rigid boundaries.

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I don’t wander as a brainless sheep

Following the terms set by society,

I live by my own set of morals

Preferring to live as free as can be.

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I am a beast, hungry for life

Erotic love and deep connection,

Thirsty for precious soulful light

To combat my dark deflection.

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I do not excel in the pack of society

I am more of a rogue, an outcast,

Wild, authentic, a free spirit

Yearning for that authentic contrast.

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I bare my teeth at those who judge

As they attempt to look down on me,

Who are they on their pedestals

Restrained as part of their Society.

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I will not ignore my internal roar

That demands that I be set free,

I will not bow to these ‘others’

Who try to tell me how to be me!

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Originally posted on Medium

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About the Creator

Colleen Millsteed

My first love is poetry — it’s like a desperate need to write, to free up space in my mind, to escape the constant noise in my head. Most of the time the poems write themselves — I’m just the conduit holding the metaphorical pen.

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