Escape

Escape

Between three walls and behind bars I lie
Never meant again to see the sky
Nor to smell the smell of grass
In loneliness and hopelessness my time must pass

Am I guilty, innocent or framed?
No details in my mind remain
The only things I know, from day to day
Are prayers to my god to keep insanity at bay

This night I lay on my shameful, dirty cot
And in my mind a cunning plan is wrought
Patient and weary I must be, my guard cannot fall,
To escape this terrible captivity, to breach this thickest wall

With nails and hands I toil away at dark, lift stone by stone
Tired and hungry is my flesh, sore is my every bone
Suspicion from my guardians I easily avert
They care not much for me, to them I’m only dirt

The night has come – my heart so trembles
Oh, gutted I shall be, should all this turn to shambles!
The final stone I lift, and with a heavy heart
With my home of last ten years I part

From the cell to a corridor I fall
Why am I not outside, what is this hall?
Torches burn in stands, a warming, flicking light
Casting shadows to all ends, yet shining ever bright

A way outside exists somewhere, it must!
To die down here, alone, for me would be unjust
And so I scramble on, I rush forever forth
Fresh air like a piglet hungrily I’d snort

A light ahead? Is that a gate?
Oh, merciful, merciful fate
Open it is, and out I climb
Free from the dungeon’s ugly bind

Green grass I touch, fresh air I breathe
And wonder at a cool night breeze
Oh, how my soul this moment sings!
Of joy, of love – forgotten all my sufferings

A strange sound through the air I hear
It whistles, hums, it’s coming ever near
A stinging pain engulfs my chest, so sharp, so strong!
An arrow pierced my heart, no longer to this world can I belong

I see the guard with his silvered bow
And the gleeful look in his eyes I know
To him I am just dust, an animal, a vagrant
But at least I die on grass, its perfume ever fragrant

I feel the blood outside me pool
And so my body slowly starts cool
Goodbye, dear life, I bid farewell
Against one’s fate no one can rebel