Island

Island

When I was a child, I locked up in my cocoon

When I was an adolescent, I had no place to be

When I was a young adult, I feared losing my self

When I grew to be an adult, I became a cogwheel

I stepped deep into the river of discovery

I cast my hand into the stream of science

I tipped my toe by the ocean of mankind

I devoured a forefinger sip and then vomited

Albeit I've never found an another soul here-in

Every night some hidden stranger within me 

Sets ablaze the lamp in the lighthouse up-hill

-TDL, Dec '16