My Precious, watching from a distance

so obssessed
so wretched
so greedy
so pitiful
he would do what it took to get it
his body bent over in purpose of that one thing
his mind bent in purpose of that one thing

he could make you cry
he could make you laugh
he could disgust you
he could suck you in too in his desire

he is a very well portrayed character
like no other story told before, is our dark side revealed so articulately
in this character
the Gollum and his precious ring
The story, the Lord of the Rings

he shook my very being
at how much similar we can be consumed
by what we perceive as rightfully ours
what we perceive as right

I am going to stand on the outside of me and observe
and strive not to be consumed by my precious