Deception Island

The panther cries beyond the walls
Her pain and rage and fear
Shadows creep and blood it falls
For darkness is served here

Last bastion of the bastard race
Concrete crouched o'er the shore
Where iron fish would seek embrace
Betwixt the tides of war

The sharks of steel no more return
But still depravity holds sway
Where arrogance and hunger burn
Amid the slow decay

The panther cries, and heartless men
They feel their hearts grow cold
For they have seen time and again
What no man should behold

Form distorted 'neath the knife
And minds broken and forged
Monstrosities gifted with life
And of it, others purged

Yea, the panther cries this night
Though she is panther no more
They've cut away all her birthright
And left it on the floor

--Tonin, April 13 2014