Number Five

Disgust for human nature Dread for what comes next A question I can’t answer As an egg in a nest Trapped here behind iron doors Only a square of light A reminder of a disease We cannot fight What brings you most dread The question or the answer Which brings back the dead Or maybe all is the cancer Number five, question Number five, dreadful, disgusting Number five, I am not a number Number five, I am a human being Awaiting what shall come to me Death or something worse As I sit in silence Behind iron doors If I reach out my hand I feel warmth on my skin But what does the heat matter When I am so cold within What brings you most dread The question or the answer Which brings back the dead Or maybe all is the cancer Number five, question Number five, dreadful, disgusting Number five, I am not a number Number five, I am a human being How long has it been? Months or maybe years? I have cried so much that now My eyes are out of tears Was it something I did Or was it just meant to be I haven’t heard a single word Since he took me What brings you most dread The question or the answer Which brings back the dead Or maybe all is the cancer Number five, question Number five, dreadful, disgusting Number five, I am not a number Number five, I am a human being What brings you most dread The question or the answer Which brings back the dead Or maybe all is the cancer Number five, question Number five, dreadful, disgusting Number five, I am not a number Number five, I am a human being