Body Without Organs - Kary

I have built a machine

From the scraps of my body.

Built it strong.

Built it mean.

Built to last for centuries.

I grew tired.

I grew weak.

Watched my skin stop fitting me.

Watched my hands freeze up in cold.

I grew tired of getting old.

I grew tired of broken bones.

Traded syllables for stone.

Traded oxygen for life.

I was scared, too scared to die.

Time has claws.

Time has eyes,

Staring down and breathing fire,

Sucking air.

Swallow hard

Like the vulture that you are.