Weight of Unseen
You weighed me
in daylight
You never saw what answers at night
You counted what I carried,
found me coming up thin
Measured out my silence like it meant I couldn’t win You deal
in mundane things, coin,
favor, name
My eyes learned to see where it doesn’t work the same I
let you take your portion,
let you think it was clean You only touched the surface of
a much older machine
No anger in the moment,
no defense, no display Just a mark your prayers won’t wash away
No coin, no plea,
no witness you can see I speak below the soil,
something answers back to me
No coin, no plea,
no god you recognize I speak above the dark,
something opens up the sky
Kneel where the ground still remembers the dead Salt on the circle,
ash marks on my head My breath held steady,
do not break the line Name once buried,
brought forward in time
Under the earth, I call what does not sleep Roots start listening,
stone begins to keep Every word spoken folds into the seam Something
turns slowly underneath the dream Above the stars,
a humble request Calling out to old gods at
rest Watch the sky until the stars align What was sleeping opens
its eyes
No coin, no plea,
no measure you can bind I opened what you sold me,
left your counting far behind No coin,
no plea, no mercy before you break You thought I needed wealth,
but that was your mistake I didn’t send a curse,
didn’t sharpen a blade I let the balance tilt the way it
was made Now the air shifts wrong when you enter a room
Like something already decided the shape of your doom
Clocks lose seconds, mirrors hold too long Every quiet moment stretching slightly
wrong Not fear, just pressure,
constant and low Like something learning everywhere you go
Under earth, I am known
Above stars, I am heard You mistook lack for absence
You mistook silence for word
Keep your gold
It has weight
I have names
That translate
Across bone
Across light
Across every unseen
layer of night