Soul Sculpture

Too dark and misty
unaware of the bounds
I'd lie in peace
had i found
what brings me closer
what takes me far
binds me so tightly
yet melts like glass

I walked on, head bent low
towards a path i heard men row
of the rivers i met
which carry stories left behind
none of them i found
had mercy or were kind

I didn't know how to swim
But i guess you just learn how
because once you're in
awaits the crowd
sits mesmerised
while death takes a bow

how i reached where i am now
my blurry vision or memory
wont tell me
but horrible visions, i have seen
never again... not even in dreams

but the vastness in front of me
through the darkness i could not see
dripping with water, i take a step
and another and another
till i lose my breath
weak and starving
hearing sounds in my head
Or was it for real? are they selling bread?

I wouldn't have believed it
but still i lunged
i disbelieved again
when i saw blood
when i felt the pain
and then i saw them burn

i stood there.
stood there like a fool
wondering what he must've done
and trying not to see what they do

i turned where ever my legs would take me
i just wanted it to end
all this misery
go! i said. but they don't.
shadows don't leave a body.
they just don't.

and all this while
two eyes watched me
not once they blinked
they saw me.
walking
thinking
crying
falling
losing
dying
being
me.