"The Blooming Spirit"


from the ABC set In the lulls...

Fragile, delicate, an early bloom.
Struggling to grow from a crack in the street.

Flesh, young and tender, encased in a stony world.
So soft and tender, so strong and determined.

Like the flower breaking up through the concrete,
I try to grow, try to break free,
try to escape from this opression.
The difficulty of expressing myself,
breaking free from the cage created by society.

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