Watcher's Lament

A poem about a person with an unfortunate proclivity for attracting trouble and the tendency to discern more than is good for her happiness

Complacency.

Cantering unchecked.

They bustle like ants. Like drones. No mind of their own. Working. Playing. Treading the well-beaten, comfortable trail.

They do not want what is unfamiliar. They take no chances. It's too risky. Too much to lose? Do they know what greater loss still they will face?

No. Of course not.

It's unfamiliar. It's not safe. In fact… it's dangerous.

It goes against everything they have learned about what is good for them.

It would be a violation of their personal safety.

Too big for them.

It's so not worth these grim stakes.

Why gamble it all for an ideal?

Surely if it is where it is, it deserves to be there. It worked for it and got it.

The end justifies the means, right?

So long as it doesn't affect me, why interfere? Why work against it?

Everything could be lost. Why risk it?

They fear to face the dark.

They fear a lack of foothold. They fear a storm.

The storm is upon them.

Them.

Oblivious.

Self-absorbed.

All seems to fall.

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But they do not realize. Or maybe they just don't care.

Why should they, though? It's not their life. It has nothing to do with them.

All that matters is their own world.

Well, it is comfortable…

Author's Note

I wrote this poem 5 years ago

Reviews

[NoelHC]

A very interesting structure in this one, well written.

[C. Lee Battaglia]

Awesome. I loved it a ton!
Keep on writing!

C. Lee Battaglia

[Benita-Staebell M - Kin..]

Change is apart of life and we just have to
go with the flow this sounds selfish of the person to be this
way I want to be tested and Challenged not comfortable
Paul learned to over come his pain in the bible God said
my love is Sufficient when he prayed for God to take away
his pain.



But when we are weak God is strong
so in confessing our faults our failures
we will Gain God strength he gives us that
strength and guidance and when one stays in
there comfort zone it is lazy to me not excitement
in there life I love adventure and testing the odds
as long as God okays for me to go that way I won't go
where god isn't at.



taking the easy rout in life is way to easy
and you learn nothing from not being tested
and sometimes God puts someone we can't tolerate
in our lives to tolerate them to gain patience God has molded
me so much I don't get easily angry nor do I get offended. :)


This was spot on and Brilliantly penned
thank you for sharing my friend blessings. Benita

[MAD ENGLISHMAN]

Thanks for entering this in my little competition. It wouldn't be fair to comment now but I will after the contest has ended.
regards. Clive

[Raymond Federle]

A wonderful write! Well done! :)

[Shaquana Adams]

I laughed after I read this because I can think of so many people who think like this. They don't like even a little bit of change. Thanks for sharing :)

[zainul]

You have perfectly depicted the characteristics of those who are complacent with their own habit.
Enjoyed reading.

[aneeqa]

Amazing work ..... I liked it because I believe in a life something above than a mediocre one, I believe in taking risks and having adventures..... life is worth that....and your poem portrays things beautifully of how people will die playing safe and wouldn't take a step towards unfamiliar jxt because of this fear of falling..... they would love to live a life full of injustices, bt dey wouldn't take a stand for themselves and especially de other people suffering.... it really touched my heart. :)

[SpeedyHobbit Armstrong]

Thank you so much! i'm glad the intended meaning is reaching people and that you were able to understand what I was trying to convey. What is right is not necessarily easy and just may be the hardest, or so the saying goes.

[aneeqa]

Ur welcome :)

[Robert Tusitala O'Neill]

Ah, you know the pain of being a non-conformist! Praise be to you!! As Poe said, from childhood's earliest hour I could not "draw my passions from a common spring." Neither can you, I see, and it is a blessing in disguise. You will never live someone else's life. You will indeed be lucky enough to live your own!!

[SpeedyHobbit Armstrong]

A blessing in disguise indeed. It is definitely not the easiest thing to be the sort of person who's never able to do much of anything by the book.

[Robert Tusitala O'Neill]

It's not easy but it gets easier over time, as you get to know yourself. Just never bend to others' rules and remind yourself that what you think is what matters. I listen to other people too much at times and then I end up unhappy. When I listen to myself I know what I want.

[Brian Angeles]

I like what it meant. I understood it and I can relate to it. Great job

[SpeedyHobbit Armstrong]

Thank you for the review! I'm glad I wrote something to which others can relate