{"sf1_id":979051,"sf2_id":"P1EZNV8e","title":"Why","author":"Chinona","words":177,"posted_at":"2016-03-24T07:24:00.000Z","tags":["Poem","Poetry"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/979051-why","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/P1EZNV8e","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=979051\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"","content":"I am a tiger,  \nProud and fierce,  \nWith flashing claws and teeth.  \nI do not know fear of the fight, just the thrill.  \nBruises and torn skin blood and breaks.  \nThey are oxygen.  \nI am a fox  \nCunning and guileful,  \nWith swift mind and sharp tongue  \nYour wits are a puzzle, meant for amusement.  \nAngry words and disagreements retorts and rebuffs.  \nThey are nourishment\n\nI am \u0026nbsp;a a wild beast  \nFree and brave and unafraid.  \nI do not need your protection from that which I live for.  \nI am feared. \u0026nbsp;I am scorned.  \nAnd you let them put me in a cage.  \nYou let them reduce me.  \nTake away my worth.  \nAnd you take credit for it.\n\nYou let them take my teeth, my claws my guile and cunning.  \nYou let them take it away and leave me bleeding from attacks I never learned to fight.  \nMy teeth pulled, my claws cut off, and my mind silenced.  \nYou leave me confused and hurt.  \nYou said you'd protect me.  \nYou said you would be there for me.\n\nWhy?\n\n  \n  \n\n"}