I Am Called to Write…

and I can’t turn away…

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The Winding of the Watch

I am called to write now,
placing words on paper,
with pen in hand and heart
beating, to a whisper of words
written in warmth and depth
seldom voiced and much less
shared to ignorant ears and
doubting minds of the power
of the compassion in each letter
forming select words, working
their way into a semblance
of structure, not for or me
but…