. Poetry from The Great In-Between: The Watcher Speaks

Thursday, July 1, 2021

The Watcher Speaks

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(A lone voice whispers)


I have something so rare that it's mystifying and can be soul rousing but sometimes so seductively engaging 

That they who really know me 


Call me the living flame


For like my old Ma

Who was once born and raised beside the clear still waters of the Louisiana's deep Bayous


I inherited her gift to draw lonely souls


Like Gypsy moths right out of their self imposed darkness



Unconsciously drawn whilst deep down inside they're always smiling but constantly just wanting and needing more


Whenever I shine my bright light of illumination and attention right on them


And whisper their secret God-given  name


It's just the eternal price I pay now like my good old Ma

Bless her soul


For trying to summon a new light to shine in others and for them to try to live a new worthy life 

When they can stand proudly unafraid and unashamed 

And say to the watching stars and all other delirious eyes


I matter!


Copyright John Duffy 


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