The unknown thing

I was born under the sun and stars and rain 

I was shapeless and unknown 

I had no form or purpose 

I rejoiced in the sun and I cried in the rain 

I could not be defined 

.

They came with sticks and stones  

To put me in my place 

Not knowing I was already there 

I was already how I was meant to be 

I was not meant to be more  

.

I hid myself away 

I shaped a carapace of steel and riveted it with spikes 

So heavy I couldn't move 

So dark the sun could no longer reach me 

After I time I was left alone  

.

Yet sometimes at dawn 

Before the world wakes

I creep out 

And feel the first rays of the sun on my skin 

As I did when I was a child