Why did I not die at birth?nExpire as I came from the womb?nWhy were there knees to receive me?nOr breasts to feed me?nWhy was I not like babiesnWho never saw the light?nWho lie with kings and counsellorsnWho rebuild ruins for themselvesnnAnd where restnThose whose strength is spentnWhere small and great are alikenAnd the slave is free of his masternnOh watcher of menndo you have eyes of flesh?nIs your vision like man?nAre your years the years of man?nU know that I'm not guiltynAnd that none can deliver from your hand.nnAlso u know that u have deeply wronged me ohnAnd u have fenced me innYou made it so nobody knows menAnd I'm an outsider to themnnWhen I accused you, you wouldn't speaknI said you tore up my hope like a treenBut I spoke without understandingnOf things beyond me which I did not knownAnd now I've heard you with my earsnAnd I've seen you with my eyesnTherefore I recant and relentnBeing but dust and ashes