Violence in Captivity

Pain of a life in captivity,
Victim cries, face injustice unseen.
Sentenced and cast away, forgotten his plea,
Trapped in a cage with vengeance unseen.

Violence spills from the fury of another,
Not feeling the victims own pain and plight.
Anger alive through the hate of his brother,
Feelings alight as the whisper of fight.

Seething rage as the fire burns in his soul,
Lashed out in violence against an injured man.
The unheard cries of the tyrant in its hole,
The bloodied trail left with the justice of his plan.

The innocent victim fighting to survive,
Echoes of injustice still heard in his jail.
Screams of vengeance, envy, and pain revive,
As a thinly veiled message of strength dawns in the jail.

Small moments of hope in a sea of despair,
Reminding the world of this tragedy of woe.
The cries of trauma bounce through the air,
Till the accused’s screams loudly toast his foe.

The fight gone, their stories never the same,
Fury and pain locked the bonds of fate.
The consequences the same, the price of their shame,
The injustice and violence of Russian prison await.