The Weighing

Sky collapsing, pressing my lungs
Thunder echoes past's undone
Footsteps creeping on my skin
Black gate opens - letting something in

Growing tension in my head
Pulling threads signal dead
Slip this skin of want and need
Drift to silence - where I'm free

Weight of quiet in the in-between
Measured breath on a borrowed dream

On the scale where shadows meet
Feather light or it swallows me
No more lies left to reconcile
The verdict behind my eyes

Cold horizon, no voice, no name
Just a pulse in a dying flame
Hands unseen but they know my shape
Counting every breath I take

Every step like it's carved in stone
Not a path... just a claim I'm shown

Weight of quiet in the in-between
Measured breath on a borrowed dream

On the scale where shadows meet
Feather light or it swallows me
No more lies left to reconcile
The verdict behind my eyes