A Tiny Grain of Sand Part 1

A Tiny Grain of Sand
 
Look at me, look at me, look at me               
A tiny grain of sand on a beach without a sea      
Surrounded by millions of billions that look just like me

A desert as far as I can ever see         
 
I’m just a little grain living in an endless sea of sand
I can travel yet I have no feet I have no hands
Am I trapped here without a purpose planned

I move through my world at others command

The breeze has found me and places me at the stone lion’s feet
I can see three Pyramids of might stand proud backed in summers heat
The winds swirl me in circles up up up I go I dance in natures heartbeat

As I am lifted, a short distance I have drifted wind-assisted new grains are here to meet

There are other grains brought to me by the distant winds hand
They speak of an oasis from this distant land 
I now know there is more to the grains more to the sand 

Their tales unfold and inspire me the shape of their edges speaks of travels unplanned
 
Look closer, closer and then closer still  
From a distance, we look the same and on the outside always will  
I take a place in the sand and a search for a purpose to fulfill  

My future hides from me but wants to be part of something bigger would be a thrill

Equality in appearance a moving carpet rebel as one might 
Individuals disguised in plain sight
We reflect an outward appearance projected by light

One grain represents the impression of all is our fight

Sands of the Sahara is all I know as home
I’ve seen unbelievable sights from my place on the ground civilizations grown
I have seen mankind advance suffer loss and disappear and are left alone

Their meetings can be violent blood spills we receive them as the overthrown

A force or reason unseen brought them here they carry mistrust 
Their hands create images of their worship made from us 
they will disappear over time without care monuments return to dust 

We witness their decline and secrets entrust
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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