Iron Shadows

Last breath ripped clean, shadows hug the walls,

Fortunes in the ashes, heard karma’s cruel calls,

City whispers panic, rooftops where I hung,

Heartbeats skipped like some broken drum.

Roaming ghost days, lost in a fog,

Dreams burned away, left alone with a dog,

Skull heavy thoughts, spine cold with dread,

Echoes in the alleyway, visions colored red.

Lost it all, in the blackened night,

Struggle through, with no end in sight,

Crawling through the muck, the world’s disdain,

Rising from the dirt, but feeling every chain.

Concrete jungle, too many wrong turns,

Lanterns flicker thin, in a world that burns,

Mind plays tricks, shadows form a crown,

Royal of the ruins, in a defunct town.

Bruised knuckles cracked, tasted defeat,

Metal on my tongue, blood on the street,

Memory bricks, crumble at touch,

Foundation shaken, lost too much.

Deep void sings, melody of pain,

Guttural roars under acid rain,

Lost my soul, such a heavy cost,

Resurrect from the fire, a phoenix lost.