Old honor
Held in the den of thieves
Dark deeds overshadow
Dark thoughts in the cage
No mercy found
For breakers of the code
There is no clemency
In the lion cage
No one their own
When robbed of autonomy
Wresting control
With measures of violence or economy
Reticent in solitude
Internal screams for purgation
Searching for salvation
While mired in damnation
Hidden from sight
Faded from memory
Hoarse cries for absolution
From the abandoned deserter
Paradox 