fangless

sharp teeth in a broken jaw

hungry

but i'll hunger on

and the hours i waste

while i fake a grace

that no one will ever see

and i practice tests

and a usefulness

that i no longer need

did you forget we once saw you as grand

a beast and a savior

a mountain

a man

grew from a speck to be worshipped and crowned

now you're flimsy and fangless

drooping and drowned

but i know that you made me

sick for you like a rabid dog

and your lies rearranged me

broke me down but i'm not undone

clenched fist on a dangling arm

fight's over

but i'll fight on

where's the evidence

the scars

the dents

that i was ever here?

i've been reassigned

put back in line

with the other disappeared

but i know that you claim me

i give in

i'm your ragged doll

you were born in a shout

but you will die in a silent skull