The dagger remains

The dagger remains

Never to be removed

Painful torment

The blade twists

Malicious smiles

Slowly, teasingly

The dagger withdraws

Agony subsides

Breathes of life

Gasping, clawing

Longing eyes

Search for the light

A lost voice

Tries to speak

Jailers’ watch in

Sadistic revelry

A long forgotten name

Forming on the lips

And the dagger

Plunges even deeper

It remains

Never to be removed