Haunted Memories

The light shines bright to guide my way.

It keeps me strong for one more day.

Nights aren't as long as they used to be,

yet I fail to tame these haunting memories.

In the future you'll never see,

never see what you've done to me,

made me cry day after day,

I'll make you hurt, I'll make you pay.

In the past you've tried so hard

to make my life the wild card,

I dare you to see

just what it is you've done to me.

Only wishing for this closure

of your illicit exposure

yet I refuse to cry,

lift my eyes to the frozen sky.

In the future you'll never know,

never know what I've become,

broken off from this wretched world

my blood still flows but I am numb.

The object of your affection

expressed through warped perceptions.

Victimized by self-destruction

subject to your soul's corruption.

Choking on the rasping words

of what's been left unsaid,

beneath the subdued surface,

waiting for this skin to shed.

The light shines bright to guide my way.

It keeps me strong for one more day.

Nights aren't as long as they used to be,

yet I fail to tame these haunting memories.

My eyes are black and blue,

lonely worn out and confused.

My body left defiled

from your touch, so volatile.

Now the days aren't as bleak,

as bleak as they once were,

but I still can't rest assured,

I don't think you'll ever learn.

The light shines bright to guide my way.

It keeps me strong for one more day.

Nights aren't as long as they used to be,

yet I fail to tame these haunting memories.