His Padawan's Gaze
by Elizabeth Abernethy
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My Padawan, what do you see
when you are so rudely staring at me?
Why stare so hard?
You should know what I look like by now,
surely.
I wonder how
to ask you what is wrong.
You are not angry, fearful. You are strong
and sure.
You whose heart I know to be pure.
Is it longing I sense
or is it puzzlement?
Perhaps you wonder what my thoughts are.
By far,
in time you will know.
My amusement, I will not show.
Now, back to work, my Padawan!
You're not the only one
that gets distracted.
In fact
often have I been curious
about your feelings and thoughts,
as your Master I ought.
Perhaps, someday,
somehow, someway
to you I will reveal
what I think and feel.
Ah, but not this day.
Padawan! Do as I say!
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