The Gardener

The student-teacher had us edit his writing in Creative Writing from telling about pedophiles to showing. Boy was that a fun one. So I decided to go with an allogory. This is the result. Good or bad, let me know. ------------------------------------------ Sheets of glass cover our little world We can see out, they can see in Storms rage and fires burn All we knows is warmth and light The gardeners comes in from the cold Their whites coats cleaned for the day Their gloves go on, afraid to touch Afraid of pricking their bare hands The supervisor sits in a chair At a desk away from it all As long as we''re here That''s all he cares When we get older we leave this place To belong to another, another''s embrace Nearly all gardeners are happy to see us go Having survived this long, it''s time to step outside the glass A gardener comes in with soil on his coat A white beard covers his face Not content with the touch of his gloves He removes them and his filth drops down The touch of his bare hands upon our leaves A feeling never experienced before, something so odd The supervisor sits in his chair, behind a wall Unaware of this gardeners methods As we get older we flourish with beauty unmatched The gardener gets anxious and takes some early Lest some other take us when we mature And leave him behind, alone in with his soil By night they are taken, exposed to the world By day they are here in our protected lair The supervisor takes role and knows nothing''s amis But as they get older there is something wrong Their leaves aren''t as green as all others are Their petals aren''t red, more pinkish and drab The water sits, too distracted to drink Soon they will wilt, their horrible fate Too soon they were taken, too soon they die The gardener offers nothing to comfort The loss felt by others, too busy he works Looking to find another to take it''s place. We''re too scared to speak Too young to understand He''s too old to change They''re too blind to see ---------------------------------------------- Ben IcarusIndie.com
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