The Prison Child

Hour of divine
Lights our destiny

The progeny's shape
Is looming to reveal his ecstasy
Seeking to find
A cradle of lands to dive in

Exalted to grow
Engulfed by the scent of avidity
His nascent desire
Leads him to places unseen

Drowning in the mud
Crawling in the mire
In their eyes
A vision of his mind disguised
A pariah

Contemplate
The stars glinting in
The empyrean sky
Pleasant reverie
Lingering in
His spirit

Inside the cage
Held behind these bars
The bank draws away

Infinite wait
Dismal glory
War within the child

Drowning in the mud
Crawling in the mire
In their eyes
A vision of his mind disguised
A pariah

End foreseen
An omen of aborted life
To set free

Dispel the weight of guilt
Gnawing the inner shore
Unveil the marrow
Trapped in an iron core

An altered reason sinking
In a gloomy haze
Devouring pictures wobbling
In his brain

Sparkles to cease the motion
Prayers soughed for salvation