That’s Wild

As wild in one sense vanishes
From the self-pocked face of the Earth,
Wild in a loosed sense takes its place.

Even the domesticated
Can act wild, can go wild, be wild
With hunger, anger, and desire.

The source of the comparison
May no longer exist, but divine
Never did, and still you use it.

Now, the only way to be wild
Is to inhabit a madness
Uninhibited, an extreme

Of mental or behavioral
Sheer unpredictability,
To let loose and to lose control,

To become an astonishment,
A frenzy in captivity,
A discovery in a loss.