Life

(Especially dedicated to Erica and Mei Xia for their life saving efforts!)

With dull eyes and constant shiver
He stayed still powerlessly in the drain
It may have been days over
Waiting for someone to ease its pain

Green fungus covered his abdomen
His limbs are filled with open wounds
The drain is just his height’s high
Yet he wouldn’t, he couldn’t

Water is draining his strength away
His body is agitating with pain;
His eyes have no room for hope to stay
As he watched them pass by again and again

He put his head down with a sigh
The coldness of people is killing from within
He closed his eyelids tight
There’s not a single ray of light can be seen

As the clock of life is ticking weakly
He felt something wrapped around him
It’s a touch that is so heavenly
And he opens his eyes to take a glimpse

“Finally there’s someone who noticed me
Who cherish life even how small it seems
There’s no way I can thanks thee
For the strength and hope you restore in me”

Life is precious, life is a gift
Cherish all lives as you would to yours
For all have only one life to live
Be it a man, an ant, or a dog in the drain!



y.ho 27-3-2007 23:20