76.
I met the ugly angel.
Her eyes were full of tears.
Don't you remember me?
She said.
I was the one who made you
water clearer than mirror
out of my tears
and you gave back sewage.
I gave you my fresh breath
and you gave back smog.
To protect you from the burning sun
I made you a shelter
out of my wings that you burned.
I healed your wounds.
You stabbed my face.
I sent you my children to help
and you slaughtered them.
I sacrificed you my beauty my youth
you want to take my life.
77.
From silkworm to butterfly
from life to death
to a higher life.
78.
I asked for an angel
God gave me torture.
I asked for fame
God gave me loneliness.
I asked for fortune
God gave me pain.
But torture, loneliness and pain
led me to salvation and joy.
79.
The time to love
when careless hands
spread the seeds of hate.
The time for unity
when walls have separated our hearts.
The time for peace
when the shortsighted minds
want us to die.
The time for hope
is now.
80.
Soil and fern and tiger
I was
for a thousand years.
Now condemned to act
on the stage
of a long play
until when life
comes out of my head
to take part
in a new play.
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