Means of Escape

Through a winding staircase
Which stinks
One emerges into a cell
Beyond the cell
Is a heavy oak door
Formerly locked
Which opens to another passage way
Leading to the safety
Of a mountain

The purposes
Of this passage way were
Protection of
The castles water supply
A place of refuge
A place of torture and detention
And finally
And Finally
A secret means of escape
A secret means of escape