Primal

• Edward Lawrence, Grade 11
• Poetry
• 2019

Let us begin this nightly dance,
Where man and beast unite and prance.
Stretch your clothes and shed your clothes,
For every night sanity's eyes will close.
Monstrous movements and graceful flights,
Forget all your troubles and all your plights.
Fear not the guttural growls nor the horrendous howl,
All echo like songbirds back down to town.
Frolic and sway to your heart's desire,
Until only embers are breathed out of the fire.
Release the monstrosity living within,
Relinquish the humanity that always has been.
All are mortal through and through,
The primal force drives me and you.