Cracks Within

Even if the system stays in its solid state,

and the weight it bears - is no risk of breaking it.

Odds are high enough the strain it holds

will cause some cracks within its core.

Oh silly boy, it won't break apart,

but what about the unlucky ones?

I mean the ones who stayed inside

between the cries of cracking walls.

But, boy oh boy, those crumbling walls

were deepest shafts of systemic flaws.

Collapsing tunnels amplify your struggles

to rumble up your strings to ringing.

Instead it leaves you with a shredding hiss -

so it splits apart deep cracks within you.