Vessel

I wish I had the power to alter fate, to aid and steer the path away from it. To help those who are taught to be complacent like me. I wish I could be beyond my vessel to be seen only as I wish to be seen. I wish that child so pure could forever stay untainted. I wish I didn't understand the gazes upon me, the ones I wished would go away but then return so I know I am worth. I am worth. Worth what. Worth more than what they see me as. I wish my ever so subtle changes could be understood by them. Why can they not understand the corrosion within this vessel the moment it gets touched by a dirty hand, a subtle touch. An action of dirt and rot. Stop. Why didn't you understand the complacency to do what must be done. If you cannot see what I say then I must listen to your louder words. But all I can do is wish, wish the inevitable won't happen again. But I know a vessel is to be used it's purpose of inevitability to be used. A vessel with a quiet captain is bound to drown against the loud crashing waves.  But screaming into the endless ocean doesn't stop the tides. The fish in the sea are the issue but I am a mere vessel.