• Stuck. I can't get up.
    Sorrow and pain have lashed me to the floor,
    the rope - my blood.

    Dark fabric weighs down tonnes
    on my fragile, lifeless chest, and I cough and sputter
    as vital oxygen is wasted in this pathetic body.

    Drained and weakened fingers slowly reveal the silent killer,
    hiding in a pool of it's own doing.

    I hear death laughing in victory,
    but i silence him with a breath,
    as the drums end their march.