Promised Light - Poema Arcanus

I had been taught to speak

The language of butterflies

I have been used to think

That we all could have wings

Who said we could not have wings?

So give me the illusion

Then give me frustation, give me…

Promised light

For all of us denied

Mocks at this gray little being

Promised light

The prize for all those blind

Tamed souls who still believe

When disappointment kills hope

And hunger makes us forget

Forget that once we wanted to be free

Now the fountain of wishes

Belongs to me just to steal the coins and run…

Run away!

The flowing of a thousand

Dead forgotten dreams

Caged into the sleepy trance

Of the trip back home

Where am I?

Am I here today?

Yesterday?

Or ten years ago?

That’s how I’m still piercing the guts

The deep and complex anatomy

Of the huge grey beast

We are all slaves of …