I am a changeling
yesterday I was ugly
today I am beautiful
but inside
I feel the cage that I am in
And all beauty of life in me has washed out
Sometime it will return
and then again it will recede
Back I go inside the cage
I've only been reaching my arms through the bars
to touch the blazing light that blinds me
Hoping that even just a touch
some of it will rub off on me
but someday
I'll wrap my hands around the light
and permanately feel grace and hope in every movement I make
To thrive on this light is my only wish
I pray that one day I will live
for I do not want to throw away the gift He gave me