this life
will kill you
walking down
these streets
alone

this world
will fight you
tearing down
everything
you’ve known

these words
will slight you
delight you
invite you
to another funeral

these whims
won’t right you
as the pit
in your stomach
grows

these winds
will blight you
stumbling on
through the
overgrowth

their chains
will bind you
until the road
you roam is
not your own

this emptiness
defines you
and then you’ll see
this life goes on
despite you

to spite you

this life will kill you
without ever bothering
to learn your name