I’m walking through the halls Trapped in by suffocating walls I’m walking through the doors Over the decaying floors Who has walked through them? And where were they walking from? A broken desk Or a secluded bathroom stall? Memories and laughter or Tears and sobs evermore? Have these hallways heard confessions? Or witnessed just depression? Have they made memories of laughter ? Have these windows shown truth of all of the lies? Or only a glimpse of an aggravated sunrise? Are the walls shrines of the past? Holders of all questions asked? If the curtains wave in the gentle autumn breeze Is there still an ill wanted disease? The dilapidated ceiling watched over inhabitants Still built perfectly built but falling apart And visitors that were seen as contaminants The unwanted one The one no one would notice if they were gone The same one that screamed for help here For anyone to be near Or the one who was popular A class A top gossiper The one with a sharp tongue But no one knows that it’s wrong The hallways whisper the secrets Of their strongest weakness The halls tell the stories they may Of friends on their departing highway And the friends who are just meeting Smiles, laughter and a warm greeting I’m walking through the halls Trapped in by suffocating walls I’m walking through the doors Over the decaying floors Waiting for a voice to hear For anyone to show they're near Waiting here forever I won't leave this place, never
I wrote this poem after someone in our school committed suicide. I didn't know him too well, but it was still upsetting and shocking. As I was walking down the halls, I realized all these different things: he walked through that door, that was his locker, he laughed in this hallway, he ate at one of these lunch tables. I'm hoping that this poem describes all of this with just words.