The Sojourner

Cursed

I am

Bound to dance

To the keys of your instrument

Each note fractures my ribs

And pulls at my nerves like a puppet

Throbbing in my chest

In this haunted melody

I sway with disdain

Limbs jerking

bars trembling

Your song

twists my fate

I allow it

arching

bending

my back

my spine

as an extension

of your xylophone