Bones Beneath the Tower

Inspired by Bob Dylan's "Mississippi" I was the backbone of your dream— ribs shaped into beams, my blood seeping slow, cementing your tower’s base. You promised a sky of stars, a rise beyond all shadows— but I was just a ghost etched in your blueprint, a whisper beneath your tower. We built forever on lies, stacking stones on my shoulders— I was your ground, your silent sacrifice, the shadow no one names. You spoke of freedom— but all I felt was the weight, a hollow echo in my bones. You spoke of love— and I swallowed the silence you left behind. Now the dream is dust, the sky a fractured lie, and I stand— an empty scaffold, a ruin in the wind. You vanished in fire— and I’m left to fall.