Merciless

Year after year
Departures; arrivals; holidays; peak exam periods;
the changing of tides
the replacement of out-fashioned
the feeling of being phased out.

People
bound by one similar origin
having different visions
different futures in mind.
Separated by knowledge and destiny
yet feeling closer with each reunion;
sharing; soliciting; interacting.

Life
set to soar during the
golden moments of a lad.
Adventure. Challenge.
Great people with great minds
limited by a nation's protective iron curtain.
Saddening.

The future
bleak, hopeless, declining.
With knowledge we could change
fate and reshape destiny.
Ambition and dreams
often crashed by
limited practical actions
empty talk
and my motherland's blinded leaders.
Opportune us! Before we belong to
others.