The smoke plumes arch
In my desperate solitude
The air thickens
Yet I refuse to crumble

The defiance swells
Marrow deep
With radiant anarchy
Coursing,limb to limb

I pour my all
Into survival
To remain upon the surface
A while longer

Above the haze
I pry existence
Striving hungrily
Day by day

Some hours I wither
With abundant pity
Wallowing bitter
In my watery niche

But time after time
I cling to wind
And sway from life
In primal desperation