{"sf1_id":670196,"sf2_id":"214zk2Qm","title":"Ode to What Hides Inside. A Poem.","author":"Herlige Kanin","words":113,"posted_at":"2014-02-20T17:52:00.000Z","tags":["Introspection","Poem","Poetry","Rhyme"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/670196-ode-to-what-hides-inside-a-poem","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/214zk2Qm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/ab/ec/abeca9a0-8bde-4bda-aea0-dc85f7fa9c25","description":"","content":"I look in the mirror and who do I see,\n\nA reflection of you or a reflection of me?\n\nYou see what you want and so do I,\n\nWho I want to be, by and by.\n\nIf I could be the soul peering out,\n\na lovely face looking me in the eye,\n\nwith furry ears and slender snout,\n\nI'd never again have need to cry.\n\nI'd gladly step into her realm,\n\ndonning steel; armor, sword and helm,\n\nto battle evil and fight for good,\n\nSaving cities, plains, or verdant wood.\n\nYet here I stay, forever locked,\n\nMy dream forbidden; ever blocked,\n\nBy nature's rules and human kind,\n\nTo stay within the daily grind.\n\n  \n  \n\n"}