Once a Man

I...

drip, drip
decay in
faeces
shrouded shadow
drip.

was...

Pain
Twisted tight
in shackles
clanging

once...

Sunlight
edged
a ray through
bleak cold

a man...

"Tell us!"

Blank eyes
blank head
blank stare

...I think.

© Eleanor Clark
10 December, 2014