Tristan Robert Lange

A Tale of Two Journeys

The black wolf wanders on in loneliness,

Facing the ice tundra of rejection—

A barren wasteland of cold exclusion—

Past the faint hope of full inclusion,

Walking past the land of acceptance

In search for a space of true belonging.

The wolf looks for life and real belonging,

Trying to escape pall-shrouded loneliness

In order to live life in acceptance

Of one’s own nature without rejection

Because we are born to need inclusion;

It is horrible to face exclusion.

Have you ever felt hurt through exclusion?

So, you know why the wolf seeks belonging;

Wolves are social and long for inclusion.

In order to avoid such loneliness

These canines show strength to skip rejection;

Because the weak ones lose their acceptance.

Only the status quo get acceptance,

Those who do not conform face exclusion

Those who fit in will not face rejection

But they are enveloped in belonging.

Packs act like there’s nothing to loneliness,

Because they have only felt inclusion.

Privileged, the pack forgot inclusion

Sparking the black wolf’s quest for acceptance.

Wolves, by nature, do not like loneliness

And will work hard to avoid exclusion

Including trekking to find belonging;

At all costs, the wolf avoids rejection.

Past the cold, lonely fields of rejection

There exists a realm of full inclusion

Where the sheep and the wolves are belonging.

It is a land of total acceptance

Where there is never any exclusion;

No one’s ever suffering loneliness.

It is not rejection but acceptance,

It is inclusion, never exclusion

Planting belonging, ending loneliness.

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