Stay on your toes
or fall to the ground.
The audience watching
won't make a sound.

No one will help you,
broken limbs on the floor.
Silent pleas screaming
for a painless escape.

You can jump at the walls,
try to claw your way out,
but animal instincts
won't prevail in this cage.

My mind's growing numb,
I just grow through the motions.
Let the seconds tick by
as I wait for the moment

*meant for me to die.