I’m a lot like my mother

As much as I wish not to be

Like a dog in a zoo

Stuck in the wolves’ enclosure 

Not quite out of place

Not quite fitting in

And I’ll always wonder what freedom would be like

But when I was young she taught me people don’t change

Someone who can’t love themselves will never love another

As people walk past the enclosure

They realize the “wolf” shouldn’t be there

As much as I wish to be taken home 

I could never love the people who chose to save me

I learned from the best

You can’t trust anyone but yourself

So I isolate myself from the pack

No matter how many times they welcome me in

In my rage fueled loneliness 

I’ve given up on begging the zoo keepers to let me out

And I’ve never forgiven my mother for leading me in here

But at least I’m not the only dog among the wolves