verb
past tense: contained; past participle: contained
1.
have or hold (someone or something) within.
Similar:
hold
carry
To have and to hold
in our own microcosm,
constructed of hope.
2.
control or restrain (oneself or a feeling).
"he must contain his hatred"
To trap and control.
A glass dome swallows our home,
no one can get in.
Benediction for Ice Cream by Ana Marie Boyd
I can still hear the slow jam jingle of the ice cream truck gliding along past our yellow house like it was riding on rails
April 30, 2026
