Fangless

Sharp teeth in a broken jaw

Hungry, but I'll hunger on

And the hours I waste

While I fake a grace

That no one will ever see

And I practice tests

And a usefulness

That I no longer need

Did you forget we once saw you as grand

A beast and a savior, a mountain, a man

Grew from a speck to be worshipped and crowned

Now you're flimsy and fangless, drooping and drowned

But I know that you made me, sick for you like a rabid dog

And your lies rearranged me, broke me down but I'm not undone

Clenched fist on a dangling arm

Fight's over, but I'll fight on

Where's the evidence

The scars, the dents

That I was ever here?

I've been reassigned

Put back in line

With the other disappeared

But I know that you claim me

I give in, I'm your ragged doll

You were born in a shout

But you will die in a silent skull