[ NaPo 2021 ] [ OPAR ] Palantiri

 
What you see  
in a Seeing Stone is  
what you see  
---it's circular  
 
and like anything else  
open to interpretation  
 
Information in the wrong hands  
becomes ripe for an age-old  
type of modern warfare  
---dependent upon eyes  
sights absent truth or lies  
are not so difficult to weaponize  
when you merely project an image  
and stand back, allowing viewers  
to deceive themselves  
 
for despair is flammable  
---it ignites and consumes  
those prone to being  
their own worst enemies  
 
And despite being one of many  
strong willed, mighty men  
Denethor was the least of these  
 
To this day  
his burning hands  
and nothing but  
his burning hands  
are witnessed in the Anor-stone  
by those likewise lacking  
belief in better tomorrows