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Artificial angel weeping synthetic tears Shivering beneath metal wings, cruelly plucked Cast out of urban heaven, hurled from glittering towers Cursed by nature, landlocked in a city of angels Gazing into the sky, watching his brethren fly Blessed by science, soaring on metal wings Joining her siblings in the heavens above Their perfect features twisted into a wrathful mask Anger flush upon their marble faces "You dare?!", They sang melodiously "Using learned arts to ascend. Blasphemy!!", The raging hymn continued As one they struck, the heavens darkened by violence Golden feathers torn from steely wings by marble hands Alabaster skin bloodied in rampant fury Panting heavily, elysian cadre ceased Mortified by staining ivory skin with common blood They threw from their metropolitan palace The remants of her grace, a testament of their wrath Ashamed, she curled more tightly Trying to hide the marks her defilement Until at last a stranger appears An old sage withered by time, sorrow and knowledge Kneels before her weeping form "Why do you cry, why do you feel shamed?" "Whether earth-born or ethereal" "One who seeks to find their true self," "Struggling through all ordeals, all trials and adversity" "Is more far more deserving of reverence" "Than those who succeed by right of birth alone'
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