As everyone is asleep

I slowly escape from my sleeping beauty

I’m just a thirsty, dying flower In the desert

As the clock continues to race against time

I get shaded into a shallow dark hole

When the heart is weeping

A loud cry

Then the soul runs away

In fear of detention

When they found my existence

Everything shattered in front of my witnesses

Indeed in every action, there’s a spirit behind

One drop of my tears

Into the smiling flower garden

Became poison and all my words became

A masked man ready to kill

But still, my heart yearns as a broken-winged bird miles away

Sticking to that hope of a single miracle

That will bring my soul back to me

And rescue my heart from detention

If you are feeling depressed or suicidal, please know that there is help out there and you can get better. Reach out to SADAG counselling 0800 567 567 (toll-free counselling between 8am and 8pm) or their   Suicide Crisis Line: 0800 567 567. You are not alone.