CHAINS

Jedidiah Bird

In the darkness I hear another man sob.
what crime have I done, what soul did I rob?
darkness settles around me, chilling to the bone.
off to my left, I hear another man moan.
this could, hard metal presses against my skin.
I open the floodgates, and let the despair in.
these cold, dark chains that bind me...
only serve to remind me...
in this place, all are dead.
and those above, not a tear to shed.
in a world without care...
the pain, the burden, I cannot bear.
I cannot, I will not, live like this.
so I surrender it, unto the darkness.