{"sf1_id":574263,"sf2_id":"YnLWNRxm","title":"Moving On","author":"Vell Skye","words":210,"posted_at":"2013-08-09T09:31:00.000Z","tags":["Pain","Sad","Wolf","free form","moving on"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/574263-moving-on","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/YnLWNRxm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/ed/59/ed59e885-8990-4ab8-a964-29dfa7a03980","description":"Welp, another little free-form poem. Would still like some feedback! :3","content":"The pain,\n\nThe anguish.\n\nHe pushed it aside,\n\nSurprising himself.\n\nA single tear dropped,\n\nYet again\n\nUnheard as it\n\nSplashed into the pool.\n\n\"A pool of... my tears?\"\n\nHe said aloud,\n\nJumping at the sound.\n\nIt had been so long\n\nSince last he heard\n\nHimself.\n\nHe stared at the pool\n\nIn wonder,\n\n\"Is... is this what\n\nI've been doing...?\n\nLamenting,\n\nWeeping,\n\nBurying my pain\n\nIn the dead of\n\nNight...?\"\n\nHe sighed,\n\nLowering his head\n\nTo see his pained\n\nReflection.\n\n\"This... This is when\n\nIt hurts the most.\n\nNo one around.\n\nNo one here.\n\nNo one awake,\n\nNo one wondering\n\n'What is the\n\nWolf doing...?'\"\n\n\"This is when it\n\nWeighs down.\n\nIt's... almost\n\nReal,\n\nSqueezing until you can't\n\nBreathe anymore.\n\nIt's painful,\n\nRealizing what I've done.\n\nRegretting every\n\nMoment.\n\nWondering why,\n\nWhy did I just stand here\n\nWatching you slip away...?\"\n\nThe great wolf stood,\n\nShaking free of his tears,\n\nHis pain,\n\nHis regret.\n\nHe put back the facade,\n\nThe one that had\n\nFooled even him.\n\nHe threw back his head,\n\nGiving one last\n\nDetermined and\n\nPainful cry,\n\nBefore stepping forth.\n\nFor the first time\n\nIn his life,\n\nDespite the pain\n\nThe heartache\n\nThe questions...\n\nHe wasn't afraid.\n\nJourneys may end in\n\nLover's meeting.\n\nBut life goes on in lover's leaving.\n\n  \n  \n\n"}