Memories of You

What is this that traps my soul?

My past?

The chaos in my mind?

Unable to stay in the present

where peace and serenity reside.

I teeter-totter up and down,

With what was and what might be.

Drowning

Sinking

In never ending pain.

You robbed me of freedom.

You stole my innocence.

You made me your puppet−

Every move, dictated by your need to dominate.

Why did you twist my mind─

Was control your only goal?

To control my every thought,

and fill my mind with lies?

You are just a memory

that haunts my dreams.

But I loved you.

I tried to be good to you.

I got tired of all your broken promises.

I didn’t have the strength anymore

to give you another chance.

What is this that traps my soul?

Memories that haunt me.

Some days I walk in the light of healing,

Others I live in the shadows of ─

the storm within my mind.

I know that healing is not linear,

but I am starting to breathe a bit easier.

I am breaking the chains of your memory.