“Inmate”
Are you afraid of me now
now that my sole companion has left
and I have nothing to tie me to my morals
no reason to promise you tomorrows sunrise
do you shake and tremble when I lock you in
and your cage is shut up shut up tight tight

Are you growing weary of this game
do you seek compassion in an empty grave
death is the only thing I can guarantee
do you want to know how things got so bad
your body tangled in razor wire
and your mind dripping out of your ears

I watch you, you know, when you’re alone
barred in the cage I fashioned just for you
gazing dumbfounded as you pace the floor
then dragging you out to torture your soul
your pain is my pleasure and I beg for more
sing you lullabies as you cry yourself to sleep

Then fatigued in my chamber I ponder
cutting out your useless heart to put on a platter
but these travesties are losing their grip of reason
and the motive to keep you here is growing wings
and it sits on the sill of my window each morning
I think I may just let you go

And with today’s frost still crisp on the grass
I stride to your cage and turn the dialed lock
swing the door wide open and beckon you out
that look of horror glued to your face
instruct you to run and sink to my knees
let my tears flood the ground as you flee….

 
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