Never knowing
Where to stand
I lay my hide
Between these pillars
Of the most imperfect union
Where fastest trains
Won’t pick
Us up
Where smoke billows
I will not cross
Under a gallows
Or gossamer path
Between the walls
We sleep with
Feet
Unbroken
Amongst the fickle
Flows of power
As necks and heads
and hopes collide
A perfect stranger
Takes my side
We can’t remain
We can’t abide
My lioness
You must confess
This empire is
Powerless.