As the light of the moon
illuminate my face
the dormant thoughts
trapped in the confines
of my mental cage
become invoked
and a sad realisation
send the deepest chills
down my backbone

for

my soul is imprisoned
in a husk , that once housed a man
and my  caliginous eyes
reflect the decades of pain
endured by a soul
a soul so deeply damaged
by the hurt of the unforgiving Earth...