Caged in a cubbyhole, no opening Bright light coming from a candle, Standing all along from the first day Huge sized black snaking my neighbour, Killing everything on its encounter Rats, cockroaches, mice and another boy, Passing on me in wily style, Only hope I was left with Had been my sooner death, Musing how poison will reduce me To nothing more than a useless black cadaver, Only good thing is that wonderful mystique Which calcified me to wakefulness of life Shedding away fear as I was dreaming a dream.