I possess the right to create<\/p>\n
To weave a wreath for abandoned pets<\/p>\n
To write a prescription for children in hospital beds<\/p>\n
To fashion a gentle casket for the spirit<\/p>\n
To compose the soul’s first love poem<\/p>\n
I possess the right to solitude<\/p>\n
Like a firefly foraging alone through midsummer woods<\/p>\n
Like reefs silent in dusk upon Malaysia’s shallows<\/p>\n
The protagonist in every midnight meditation<\/p>\n
Walking endless corridors, playing cat and sunset<\/p>\n
I have the right to feel compassion<\/p>\n
For the ephemeral flower that never kissed the dawn<\/p>\n
For the butterfly who said life has but three seasons<\/p>\n
For the vagabonds who shun the crisp autumn<\/p>\n
In my verse, I grant them lodging for a few nights<\/p>\n
I also have the right to repent<\/p>\n
Regretting greed, wishing for one more blossom than spring<\/p>\n
To reproach the egret, who brought spring back yet paused not at my window<\/p>\n
To regret failing to guard compassion well<\/p>\n
Wasting the antidote upon the devil’s lips<\/p>\n
In youth, the judge sealed the verdict<\/p>\n
I was still arrested and imprisoned<\/p>\n
A resigned whisper drifted from behind<\/p>\n
Child, you forgot that being loved is also a right<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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