Score |
3
Izel✨
Student || Essayist || Storyteller || Poet @ Federal University of Lafia
Student || Essayist || Storyteller || Poet @ Federal University of Lafia
THE WINGED PERSPECTIVE
<p>Whilst chatting with my little brother,</p><p>My hands danced carelessly through the air.</p><p>Then I heard a shrill whine</p><p>A tiny creature, so slender and small.</p><p>Ouch! I had slapped myself for nothing at all.</p><p><br/></p><p>Annoyed, I reached for the repellent</p><p>Before the little rascal could bite.</p><p>It swerved left, then right,</p><p>While I followed it with my eyes,</p><p>As my irritation grew every passing second </p><p><br/></p><p>I grabbed the racket beside me</p><p>The coil sent smoke curling into the air.</p><p>Between the spray, the sparks, and the smoke,</p><p>You would think I was fighting a war</p><p>Against a creature barely worth a stare.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then I turned towards the little creature.</p><p>Why must your existence put others at risk?</p><p>Why bear the traits that make you a vector,</p><p>A carrier of sickness, a potential source of suffering?"</p><p><br/></p><p>The tiny creature did not tremble.</p><p>It did not plead or attempt to defend itself.</p><p>It simply answered</p><p>"I do because I was made that way."</p><p><br/></p><p>For a moment, I had nothing to say.</p><p>I had seen only the nuisance,</p><p>The persistent whine,</p><p>The possibility of a bite,</p><p>The danger it might bring into my life.</p><p>I had not considered the creature itself.</p><p><br/></p><p>Could I blame it for a nature it never chose?</p><p>Did I expect it to become something else, simply because its existence troubled mine?</p><p><br/></p><p>But perhaps there was a difference</p><p>Between protecting myself from what it could do</p><p>And condemning it for what it was.</p><p><br/></p><p>Perhaps that was where my responsibility began</p><p>Not pretending that harm did not exist,</p><p>But in learning to recognise it</p><p>Without mistaking its nature for intentional cruelty.</p><p><br/></p><p>I had reached for a means of protection,</p><p>Certain that I understood the creature lying before me.</p><p>Yet, in that brief exchange,</p><p>The creature I had been so quick to judge</p><p>Had left me seeing things in different perspectives.</p>
|
6
Other insights from Izel✨
Contributor Points
Points-to-Coupons
Referral Earning
Insights for you.
All that I gave
Oh, hey there!It's me... again...You know, There's so much I want to saySo much I want ...
572 views
96 upvotes
95 comments
The Root of Evil.🌚
I like money.But they said it's the root of evil. 🙂Sorry, get your facts straight.The l...
292 views
78 upvotes
88 comments
The Manipulation.
"Mom started looking at me differently from that day.I remember it like the back of my ...
294 views
75 upvotes
91 comments
The 3AM World.
My favourite time of every day is between 1 a.m. and 4a.m.That's when the world is the ...
260 views
67 upvotes
72 comments
Drowning.
I can't breathe.I tried again.Nothing.My lungs burned.The water surrounded me, cold and...
266 views
61 upvotes
72 comments
Eden.
I came to this house very young, with one other.We were accepted so warmly.Everyone lov...
252 views
58 upvotes
67 comments
