Yet Time Passes By

Dark.

Cold.

Trapped.

Imprisoned.

The words echo inside his mind for the billionth time.

He sits bound and chained

And can only remember his name

But longing for something he doesn't know.

The years pass slow,

Even after he awakens from sleep

Yearning, crying out to the silence,

Vast emptiness of his prison.

Will anyone ever hear his cries?

Will he ever step into the world of light?

Time moves on,

Leaving his face untouched

And golden eyes star out at the sky,

As storm clouds gather

And in the far off distance

The earth child sees

His sun.

-Son Goku, Saiyuki