progress is a foreign task

in my bones
I feel the dirt
echoed tones
and blistered hurt
lightened loads
everyone knows, everyone knows

dusty skin
from distance held
careful tongues
repeating doubt
crashing down
it's over now, it's over now

I've lost
the grays I used to be
shades dropped
from the weakening steam
nights gone
like an hourly fee
I'm wrong

wait
my eyes look so guilty
it's because they are
feel my chest
there is no heart
on my mind
are darkened scars, are darkened scars

I'm sorry
for the things you know
I'm not proud
to have designed this cloak
my shell
will accept this road