Animal Factory Poem by Dasia Deas

Without fear, without love
Hopefulness astray
The eyes are the windows to the soul but treated with absence of presence
Tears splatter just as hearts shatter
Inside these walls its a masquerade
Emotions and identity are hidden behind the mask of these menace
Like power; mercy has disapated
And the rings of shackles breaks through the sound of wind
But hope lies on the other side and freedom is a tease
Depression and aggression still manages to find a way to breathe