--v--<@ A flower that grows despite cement holes @>--v--





to see the world

Tuesday, July 12, 2005

a little girl
peeps out of her little window
in a tiny house
of a faraway estate
in a small town
where few people reside
and life is laid back

she wonders at the world beyond her
the sky
big and wide
blue and dark
changes colour
changes mood
ever so fascinating

the wind
that travels for miles
kisses her face
with the smell of city
glamour
temptations
vibrancy
worldliness
lust

the world outside is too complicated
says mom
stay here
it's safe
when you grow up
get a man and tend to the farm the house the family
like we all do

girl ponders at the world beyond the yonder
what will she become?
how will she live her life?

questions swarm the little mind
answers are the same

the world outside is too complicated
it's safe here

but still
the little heart yearns to taste
the bitterness to enjoy the sweet
the saddness to enjoy the happiness
the anger to enjoy calmness

and so she steps forth
out of the door
carrying with her a lovely pink bag embroided with flowers
she travels the world
like all others that are hungry to taste

at times she wish she never step out of the door
she curses at her ill fate, sometimes praises lord for her blessing
she becomes cynical from bitterness, but also gains love from others

it was a journey never to return

and even when she returns
it will still be the same house
same room
same window
same bag but threads of the embroided flowers are gone
and the girl behind the window
has become a woman




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