The cold hands of heartache
Strangles the words from my lips
I can not take one more heartbreak
I can feel it as my mind rips

I seemed to have shut the door
With the monster on the other side
It keeps on knocking and scratching the floor
This prison - it will not abide

It whispers hatred through the cracks
And growls in the deep recesses
Do I simply wait until it attacks
Or confine it until it acquiesces

I can not let it roam free
it will consume my very essence
I plead for it to let me be
and leave me to my convalescence

Let me take a breath unhindered
Not hitched by this pain
Let me gather my mind that has splintered
and let me have what peace I can regain

I will not ask politely
I will cast you from my mind
I will let my light burn brightly
The shadows - you will not find

I have you contained
At long last
I will keep you chained
Until you are a part of my past