Sonnet: When I’as Just Born

Oh, when my life was in my Mother’s womb, And Monkey-like, I swam in Amnios; My lungs were solid; I needed no comb; A cruel world waited to be my boss? And so, I let a hearty cry at birth; My lungs both sucked the polluted Earth’s air; My cry of fright was everybody’s mirth, The light which hit my face, I could not bear. My body that had turned cold, was now warm; My heart pumped blood into my vascular-tree; I slept exhausted, dreaming of less harm, At last, I came out of the darkness, free. Alas! I never knew the wily world, That madly wished for power, fame and gold!