Wolves In Disguise Poem by Mihaela Pirjol

Wolves In Disguise

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They stood before me,
Engulfed in their vanity and pride—
Life-predator wolves
To devour me,
And celebrate me as their trophy!
I thought to myself…
I was in need of a dog to nurture—
And here is a wolf in disguise!
I had the love that was supposed to win
All prejudices, the vanity, and greed:
Invincible as it ever was,
Collapsed my dream…and here I fall…
No long now, I realised
That Love has stood its height:
In glamour, light, and humble still,
For no praise is needed on its summit;
To stand itself for what it is:
Untouchable by rules or mental tricks:
Splendour in crystal clarity:
Glorious, Magnificent: Divinity!

Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: hypocrisy,love,prejudice,vanity
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dr Dillip K Swain 20 July 2022

A thoughtful poem.

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Hazel Durham 29 January 2018

Love is humble, pure, unconditional and so beautiful as it takes the person to a heightened level of joy and serenity to know this is to be aware of the wolves and to ignore them, avoid them and to know they represent arrogance and their ruthless need to conquer a woman! Great write, a tribute to the truth of love!

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Edward Kofi Louis 06 May 2016

In their vanity and pride! To ride along with their tricks. Thanks for sharing.

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Daniel Brick 06 January 2015

There seems to be a sudden shift in this poem. The speaker is confronted by wolves that must be hungry and it seems like she has surrendered to her fate. Then the poem shifts to imagery of love, in really heightened language love seems to be a refuge. So If I'm reading this right - the wolves are predatory would-be lovers disguised as nice people. Since there's nothing to build on there, the speaker takes refuge in her vision of true love which does NOT seem to be a part of the real world (the wolves control it) but it looms over that false world, perhaps with a promise as yet unfulfilled.

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