Struggle
/They tell me to treasure life
How can I when I see
The rainbow turns into a dark belt
Across the sky like a hanging rope
The sun blocked by a raven shroud
No longer shines
I hear birdsongs in weeping tones
Like a funeral dirge
The gateway to hope
Is slammed shut
My mind becomes a prisoner
The world a smothering cell
People around me are jailors
Watching me with silent scorn
Time becomes unbearable
I want to escape to a place
Where my senses can be numbed
My thought vanishes
My spirit freed
By Shih-Fang Wang
From: United States