Who am I? A sixteen-storied house?
Badly constructed,
a building for the poor,
barley keeping it togheter.
Sure to fall apart at any minute now,
disappearing in the ocean,
abandoning my own rooms
Hiding in my basement,
lurking in the dark,
among the rotten thoughts,
more evil than good,
complicated,
always beyond any comprehension
Jumping off the rooftop without any fear,
so much dreading my own construction.
Caution! My house is collapsing,
due to heavy neglect and sickness.
The roof now fights the basement,
contradictory parts refuce to be an entity,
brutally mocking the concept of a whole building,
Feeding on my own unhappiness.
The facade is completely colourless now,
arson is also suspected,
a reconstruction forever and ever impossible.
Please, evacuate myself from my own dying building!
Rescue me from my suffocating rooms!
Free me from the narrowness of my spacious halls,
because air is no longer a necessity for the presumptuous!
But do not enter these contaminated rooms!
I am too avoiding opening some of my own doors.
So more wisely and efficient Mr, if you just burn me down completely,
do not hesitate,
do this world a favour and
isolate me from all the living and breathing.
Leave me in myself,
whilst I´m falling apart,
women and children first,
cause I am beyond saving.
For one cannot change what
was decided so long ago.
There in the debris something
finally rests.
It makes sense somehow,
when nothing else does.