There are sharp bends

in the arduous climb

from Marriage Ends 

to New Beginnings

Kinfolk and friends

that lurk in the tanglewood

are threatening fiends

like wasps that sting

Conventional courtesies

you observe in the shallows

are social niceties

incompatible with truth

An elephant in the wild

is free and roams

avoid those that reside

in enclosures and homes