A cage
that is all that I am
a cage, caging a monster within
this cage is weakening
I am fatigued from the burden I carry
a monster
that is all that I have and even then
that might be taken from me
and then I shall be truly alone
alone, when my companions would not have abandoned me
I can not expect them to hold me constantly
Friends?
They come and go, never staying,
their presence as fleeting as cherry blossoms in the spring
and they float away on the winds of time
the memories of them ingrained upon my existence
the years have not been good to me
yet I have led a fulfilling life
and who is to say?
I may yet live on for another day
in another way for the ones I hold dear to me
but for now...
I am waiting
waiting
until I can finally let go and be free
of my cage