These Merciless Walls

Captured emotions
tucked away in walls
feeding pain
4-squares a day
then hiding away
in a Trojan horse
waiting to pounce –
for there is no escape,
just winding halls
this subterfuge
of mind and stalls –
where is the victory
when no battles….
are won –
and the darkness of life
is written in shadows
which hold-up
these merciless
walls.