Never take the Bait

Days were passing slowly behind the bars;

Counting them annoying like the stars.

Bitter - oh, yes! -

but still better than dealing with the mess in his head.

Must have been months since he had seen his daughter

The heck with it!

"Just as stubborn as her mother..."

She was all right, he had no doubt;

So many times, she had made him proud.

It was him, failing her.

"Oh, Lean, he whispered, don't come here.

I'm nothing more than a bait,

You must never take.

And if I was free tomorrow,

I'd go back to cover the tracks.