howling inside this cold cage my heart folds into a grain of dust tilting my head up I see the man with keys water and to food to eat I stop howling my tail wags itself the only way I can refrain from devouring flesh bone grey is because an hour a day I can run and play any more isn't a role to stage so it must be okay the air pushes back a smile on my face as my my legs launch me into open space the boundless gra**y field freezes time erases the whimpers in whispering binds these moments keep me from gnawing myself alive when my heart folds into a grain of dust inside this cold howling cage