There is no doubt I was a wild man (n.), although I never called myself/ A Bull in a China Closet/ the closest my friends/ at least the ones who used that word/ described me to my face.
Others used phrases
You know he’s crazy.
It would be years/decades
all those years in the distant past
To recall other words to describe
Reckless
Unrestrained
Uncontrolled
Unbridled
Reckless (adj.) Middle English recheles,
from Old English receleas
"careless, thoughtless, heedless…"
- etymonline.com
Reckless
no one made me
They didn’t hold
gun or needle
Ready Aim Fire
unrestrained/no-holds-barred
uncontrollable/couldn’t even
unbridled/all of us
Hands and arms
swinging/wildly
mouth dry/running
Full-speed locomotive
Runaway
Raging
Riotous
Heart racing/time still
running/no hiding
rushing/in circles
ramming/through
Reckless
rebellious/despite the warnings
A Wild Man
defiant/finger pointing
lawbreaking/screaming subpoena
Wild man (n.) c. 1200, wilde man,
"reckless or rash man, man lacking in self-restraint…"
– etymonline.com
The Reckless Madman
of Sodom and Gomorrah
a primitive/no lessons learned
a savage/mindless
who lived like an animal
cornered/no exit
corralled/the slammer
Madman (n.) "one who is insane, a lunatic,
" early 14c., mad man, from mad (adj.) + man (n.).
- etymonline.com
Reckless
not a good word
Haunts me
even to this day
Where recklessness is panic
Where panic is the spotlight
And
no one can hear me scream
in the chasm of
loneliness.
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