A Thousand Lives

On the journey of a thousand lives I died nine hundred and ninenty nine I was saved once and only once Slayed nine hundred and ninenty nine Spilt the sweat off my crooked back Arms tied down surrounded by weapons Mark my forehead seal with protection Foot nailed to your land of prey Healed wounds bleeding day by day Then you remember where you started When the womb of a dead mother parted The place her tears mixed into her blood And fed you through her empty gut Recall getting dragged and chained to life jaws clenched to the field with no rice Stars shatter with my every wish Minutes to freedom break by tricks Left alone one and only one sign Others erased nine hundred and ninety nine