Punishment

Caliginous cage at the ends of the earth,

Undignified prisoner of unnatural birth.

Beset by insanity; skinless and raw,

Cankered, decrepit and burnt to the core.

Bloodied and battered, left there to die,

Hidden in shadows, absent of sky.

Tortured and tattered; blinded and deaf,

Screaming in agony, longing for death.

Chained to the walls in a bottomless well,

Enraptured by demons… shackled to hell.

Copyright © 2011 by Simon Austin