Obscure Birth
Born white
Translucent and obscene
A creature loathed
Despised and unseen
Digesting debris
and reviving this earth
Yet no one awaits
My obscure birth
Rarely do I feel the sun
For Terra-firma
And I are one
Dark and deep
Is where I dwell
Waiting for death
A sharp beak to impale
My frail frigid body
Then to blackness
I will sail
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
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