The
most powerful force in the world is deception.
There
was a golden
aura
around the earth,
a
pure carat wealth,
the
mother of all metals.
She
hid her deposits of ore in stone,
and
the river wound away,
carrying
glittering waters
from
its motherload.
At
that time, the earth was innocent
and
pure: only a garden between two lovers.
But
evil entwined itself between them,
as
a serpent bent on deception.
Lust for gold would grow in men’s
hearts,
and they would drive their oxen,
lighting fires under them, to press them
on through the treacherous pass.
Emily Isaacson
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