1856 - The Watcher

 

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The Sunday Whirl presented these twelve words for us to use in a creative writing piece.  

greed tragedy despair presence walk calm strings earth all spirit vibrating heart 

Poets and Storytellers gave the following prompt: 

We will invite you to find inspiration in this quote: 

“The most expensive garment you’ll ever own is your own flesh.”

The Watcher

I am watching you—

Watching you as you walk

Upon the soil, upon the land,

Upon my earth, whose spirit

Once gave birth to you.

Your presence is my gift

Of life to the Universe.

You arose from my waters,

But never grasped your inheritance.

Now my heart despairs 

For what your future holds.

Your future, my children,

Hangs by a thread, precariously.

A thread thinned by the tragedies

Of war and greed, frayed 

By senseless intolerance,

Vibrating discordantly

Due to the disharmony

That mars the calm lands

That you were given.

I do not threaten you.

I can pull no strings,

Create no changes.

I am just watching you.

Waiting.

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