Floor Made Of Bodies

Floor Made Of Bodies

Floor made of bodies
hear the cracking
under your stride

If I sink through the boards
I am pulling you down
from the other side

You trampled through friends
like pavement
walked on their ribs
to get one inch higher

Called it hustle
called it hunger
dressed your rot in a lie
and sold it as a noble thought

By the time you were “somebody”
the hall was full of debt
that once fed you
housed you
kept you dry

You listened to their bones crack
called it background noise
never once asked why

I watched you drown folks in rumors
point at me
when the smoke rolled in

You burned every bridge behind you
then charged a toll
for anyone else to get in

You sneered when I talked about damage
said the weak deserve to fall
now the weak you stepped on
are knocking on your front wall

You built your throne
on a floor made of bodies
pressed their faces into stone
every step you take now
shakes their bones

I used to defend you
when they said you were poison
said you were broken
needed time to figure it out

You thanked me by cutting my throat
in the back room
and writing a hit
from the sound of my shout

Now I see you plain
a scavenger in leather
chewing on the last scrap
of whatever loyalty still lives near

And I am done playing preacher
for a lost cause
that only whispers cash and fear

This is not revenge
this is equal weight
you dragged us under
this is your rate

Every corpse in your history
pulls the same rope
round your chest
when I drop
we all tug
no one rests

You bragged you were self-made
said no one ever gave you a thing

Listen closer now
that is not applause under your feet
that is bone
and string