Literature
Vocaloid-Caged Bird
-- Based on the picture by JohanYuki --
I hate what I am
Hollow, trapped in (a) digital prison
Like the caged bird, always singing
Never able to be freed
A digital avatar, unable to keep emotions
Yet I sing about them every day
A human shares their story; I give it song
Can I keep the feelings this evokes?
I hate just what I am
A formless meshwork, a shell to be filled
Just once I want to feel myself
That which gives my songs meaning.
I want to be human, to join the artists
But here I stay, trapped inside this digital prison
Gilded cage, expansive, yet confining...
Perhaps one day I will be freed
And some part of me holds out hope--
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