Celestial Garden, with all original art and stories (C) Daphne Sy. |
The Angst Series- 5 11/17/03 My shoulder aches. I've thrown it at the gates one too many times. And though they stand fast, I'm breaking slowly, rusting over without the gentle polish of hope to restore the luster to my life. I once begged you to wave your hands and give me wings to leave a world I hated. I didn't care about the birdcage you held to catch me and let me drown away in idle life and in song. I sing alone in this corner. My voice is the same but a caged animal loses the vivid colors of freedom. I wonder if you knew that? I perch by the window and wonder whether the endless sky still tastles like acrid youth. |