Spiders and Flies - Argyle Goolsby

I never asked to be this way

But was required to serve for the master

I never questioned anything

Now here I am a fucking disaster

Flies and spiders in webs I now adore

As remnants of those I once loved slip away

They’ve given up on me and I’m too black to care

But I care.

Sometimes I still care

I gave him everything I had

The master said he’d come back for me

Glued to this tiny window I have yet to see

His ship, her face, my prize

I’ve got a funny feeling all has been in vain

Sometimes I see the world turning outside

Then I see my shaking hands, my hair now gray

Apart from them.

Stung by the master lie

They’re coming to take me away