Under Lock and Key
Deep, deep, it was pushed down,
Down and away out of sight.
All those years of torment,
And all those years without fight.
Under lock and key I was hidden away,
No one would ever set me free.
But the trouble with never being found,
Is my reflection is no longer me.
Cuts too numerous to count,
Scars never healed still bleed.
As life continually drips slowly past,
Broken memories flood the feed.
Do you recall what you said that day,
When you loosed ungodly threat.
The words have long faded for you,
But I can never forget.
The power you had is gone,
The person you were disappeared.
All you held turned to rubble,
Dead, the person I feared.
Yet tucked away in the darkness,
The control you had remains.
Under lock and key,
With only me to blame.
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are u referring to someone u used to know here? I know for me.. I sure was thinking of someone as I read..
You know it's hard, Mr. tarazkp, to check yourself and realize that one often does the opposite of what one professes. Because our unconscious evil suddenly comes out to teach us that we are not in control of anything. How difficult that is.
These lines have a lot of depth. Truly extraordinary and poetic writing."A Painful Year Without War" is like an extreme devotion. You have written it very beautifully.
One of my closest friends from the University inexplicably cut ties with me (and our group of friends) about two years after we graduated. Till today I don't know the reason. We al tried to reach out to her on multiple occasions but she simply ignored us.
I don't know but reading this just reminded me of her for some reason
Painful memories... Many of us carry these hidden burdens.
I don't know for sure but it gives the impression of a person with feelings of defeat who lost everything, the most worrying thing is that he doesn't have the strength to get up.😬
Most human beings are battered from the ugly experiences they encounter in life daily. Most are looking to others to come help as they can't help themselves. But truly, a person has to decide to rebound from the troubles and make a determined effort to. Otherwise they will remain "under lock and key."