Behind the Bars
Cold bars of steel
Bread roll for a meal
Excruciating silence
Guilty for alleged violence
After a ferocious fight
He is blind to the light
And in the corner of his cell
He is reluctant to compel
The only decision he can make
His own life he will take
To break the chain
To kill the pain
The bed sheets wrap around
His feet lift from the ground
Alas, he is finally free
From the person
He was thought to be