thoughts [poetry book vol. 1]

2 // scales

POEM #2: SCALES

Away from the soulless town,
At a forgotten time,
When the recollection is cruel,
And the ashes were grey.

The hours could not have flown;
And while the sloths climbed their way up—
The birds sang their songs
Hoping to reach the other side.

He fed on his own flesh—
With lies he was forced to believe
Now that they're slowly eating him,
He waited and watched himself go.