Fresh In A New Cast

Life has become an amorphous mass Sans shape, sans structure Memories too have begun to rot And mind has turned into a scrap yard My world has lost its tint and throb. Defeated and decimated, I long for an about turn, To reach back from whence I started To get out from this quagmire To restore all that slipped through my fingers In the tangled labyrinthine paths of life! How I wish to curl unobtrusive Into the womb that bore me once To be reborn once more as my old self To enjoy the peace and bliss, now alien! As trees bared by the winter blasts Stay in wait for the spring to arrive I await a life, fresh and new And long like a bird, freed from its cage To soar into the panorama of the blue Before that, I must rip loose And peel away the covert mask Sticking tight to my concealed face Though it may cause me to bleed, Exhale the soot of hatred Polluting my larynx and lungs, Eject out the venom through my fangs, Douse the heat and drive the thirst For power and pelf, flesh and flush Time is up for me to leave the stage But ere I make the final bow I should fit into a new cast And become a man again! !