"Flesh and Wood"

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My first attempt at a poem on the Wiki. Felt good to flex these muscles again. :>

My author page: [[[cthulhu-corner|]]]
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Within the mighty forests green,
A fairy meek and mild
Appears before her honored guests
And offers them a child.
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The child is carved of olive wood,
And not of flesh and bone;
Must raise the child with care, she says,
And love him as their own.
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The boy behaved as best he could,
But couldn't make the grade.
His parents wouldn't lend a hand,
Just said he was "delayed"
 _
He had no map to follow, no
Example to compare;
Supposed to simply know just what
Was proper, just, and fair.
 _
He looked at all the boys and girls
With whom he went to school,
And tried in vain to imitate
The ways they'd act so cruel.
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But soon, his efforts weren't enough,
And retribution came;
And all the while knowing not
For what he was to blame.
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The other children laughed and played,
But he was not allowed;
No shelf could stay undusted, not
One field remain unplowed.
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And every day reminding him,
While he would cry in vain,
That he was truly broken and
That wood he would remain
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Until one day, they cast him out
And washed their hands of him
"It's not our fault its wooden brain
Has rendered it so dim."
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When people saw him coming, they
Would hide their young away;
As though it was the child's fault
His parents lost their way
 _
And every time they met his gaze,
Their judgments burned his soul.
But he could not determine if
He'd ever be made whole.
 _
Then, falling to his wooden knees,
He finally pled for aid.
With shaking voice, and in between
His choking sobs, he prayed:
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"Oh Spirit, let me waken from
This nightmare of a life.
Allow me now to start again,
Unburdened by my strife."
 _
Well, silently, and with a flash,
She came to him that night.
She let him cry and scream and rage
And held him near and tight.
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Some say that she still searches for
Another family,
Or anyone whose home and heart
Have room enough for he.

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