Caged

All in honour of Southpaw's release. I love movies about fighters. Above is a picture of Casey Affleck from Out Of The Furnace - not a flick about a fighter, but boy was he good in it!

Shadows

First thing I notice are the shadows

Swilling, distracting

I concentrate, and am distracted

Roars

They grow louder and louder

Harsh, demanding

I can't see beyond the red

Dirt

What I see every time

Down, dying

Every time I'm knocked down

Shake

It's what my body does

Sneering, snarling

Behind the cage, stay you cowards

Ring

My home, my downfall

Pulling, pushing

I bleed into the sawdust quietly

Haaah

Haah, haah, haah, haah

Haah, haah,

Haah, haah, haah, haah, haah

Saving

Life's saving grace is

Realizing, sucking

You know you can't get worse

Wake

I wake, I glare

Swallowing, licking

The crimson froth off my knuckles

Scream

Scream all you want

Bawling, snorting

It's all you know, you motherf-kers

Grin

It's all I do

Smirking, beckoning

Come at me, you sweating bastard

Come

I'm ready for you

Hop, hop

Balls of your feet, shift, shift

Day of reckoning

Time to beat ya

To the ground; I been there loads of times

It's your turn now

and so the bell tolls.