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Why take the water from my hands? Contagious as you think I am... I'd think you'd stay to yourself. But no, you come to me. Why ask for my burden? Cautious as you are... You hesitate and quiver, that's how you be. You act as if my skin in tar. Why take the soil from my hands? When you act as if my ground is glass? You still approach and waver. You look over me in silence. I wait for you to pass. Why take the love from my heart? You poison my heart, I'm unclean. Contagious as you think I am... you still give me your hands. You look at me, quiet and keen. Why won't you just kiss me? Shy as you are...

Here’s a list of things that you should think about when creating a new world/society for a story concept. They aren’t in any order. This is more of my college wisdom by the way. 1. The Time Period Especially for a human society on Earth. Do your characters live in medieval times? Elizabethan times? Prehistoric times? This will greatly affect many aspects of the characters in the story, such as their clothing, posture, vocabulary (I mean really you’re not going to hear the word “dude” come out of a French aristocrat), rituals, law enforcement, etc. Do your research. If your characters live in the present day, inves