stone by stone

i'm locked inside a prison cell
in some long forgotten dungeon
walls and bars comprised of
your collective indifference

for all your heady talk of love
there can never be a reprieve
someone has to pay the price
for all the freedoms you enjoy

you will not ever speak of it
and likely never think of it
but that cozy family hearth upon
which you've built your home
is stone by stone constructed
with sweat, blood and tears
of sacrificial beasts like me

the foundations of your empire
rest upon the ash and bones of
those who were the least of us
the nameless faceless captives
of your endless greedy dreams