The wild tiger in each of us
dresses in sheep’s clothing
continually bringing
ourselves to heel.
Zorba the Greek
refused his sheep coat
and danced his wildness.
Gandhi marched with dignity,
a wild tiger focused on
freedom and independence.
Martin Luther King Jr’s
wild tiger spoke
so eloquently of it’s dream.
And we,
each of us,
after a lifetime of training to heel,
must find and free
that wild tiger
in order to find joy
and ironically
peace.
Lizette Estelle Stiehr
December 9, 2011
On Eluthera (Bahamas)
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