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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.

Copyright © Becoming trude from the ruins

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