When handed it they all tell you to protect it,because it is fragile.Looking at it it appears very durable.You feel it should be able to handle more than they let on. You try to hold it tighter an they scream at you to remind you on how delicate it is. So you loosen your grip when they remind you that you need to protect it. So how are you to hold it? To tight of a grip an you crumble it. To light of one an it could blow away. While holding it tho you start to feel the warmth & energy radiate off of it. It makes you want to hold it close so you can be enveloped in it's warm and energetic embrace.Slowly and unconsciously you move it closer to your chest. Your arms start to encompass it. Your arms tighten, all the while you keep reminding yourself to make sure not to crush it. You start to lose yourself in the moment. Nothing else matters but the emotional waves lapping at you. You feel yourself slipping so you start to try to remind yourself what they first told you, with no prevail. You finally allow yourself to be swept away by the emotional storm slowly raging out of control around you. You're thrown around and battered from all directions, all the while you grip it close to protect it from the savage storm. You slip into a false sense of security when you reach the maelstrom when it hits you...you're only half way. You ready yourself for the approaching onslaught. With a firm grip you face it, come what may. But by now it's had a chance to build up momentum and debris. Then it hits you. At first you don't think you can take it. Your grip starts to loosen. Then you remember what you're holding an that is when your strength return. Your grip tightens, you draw it in closer to shield it from the dangers from the storm raging around you. When your body returns to the earth you smile. You're proud of yourself for over coming all odds an protecting it now matter how badly the storm hurt you. As you cast your eyes downwards to glance at it's beauty you see something else. You now stare in shock at the remains of it. A tear starts to fall as a gust of wind comes along an carries away the pieces of it. In your struggle to protect it you ended up destroying it. So i ask you this..... How do you hold a paper lantern???
The Crow
wrote October 7, 2006 11:30pm
co-wrote by: Donald (Aspers) Standridge
