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Sanctuary | Bang Ying Gao

The metronomic rhythm of the norm

Bringing chains to the unwitting

Yet another day of incessant toil

With no sabbath to be seen

No mercy until you fold

No orders will be clean


Your solace lies in others

Your role is to sit in seats

Sit back while the others

Shine like stars in the sea


You work for their harmony

When the one that’s ignored is yours

You say to yourself, “I’ll be happier in the future”

As the rain pours


Within this world of black and gray

Lay the half-dead husk of white

Yet sprawled across fields of verdant green

A guardian of righteous might


The sentry of the radiant gates

Separating you from the dark and gray

They lure you in with iridescent words

A snake upon an apple tree

Strengthening the chains that have rooted you in place

Once more reveling in their odious gains


Yet through their sound

Through the black

Through the gray

Through the unknown

Lay a well in disparity


It lay dormant under mounds of emotional bindings

Accumulated like curiosity about the forbidden fruit

Yet through the crack in the encasing

Lay the clear viridian fountain of life


Untapped potential

Stagnant ambition

A budding magnum opus


You are your solace

You are a harmonious cacophony

You are the shining star of the night sky

You are the waves on your shore

You are the rider to your own waves

Your harmony dwells within your sacred decree

Let your fountain once more run through your lands

Blossoming flowers for all to see


You are the dancer to the rain’s rhythm

You are your sanctuary

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