These walls,
they whisper secrets to me
Of a past that I'd rather not see
Memories of pain,
of fear and shame
Echoes that linger,
like a lingering flame

Every room,
a reminder of what's been
A prison where my heart was locked within
The shadows on the wall,
they seem to move
As if the ghosts of my past still improve

I try to escape,
but there's no way out
Trapped in this house,
with memories that shout
I'm haunted by the laughter,
the tears,
the screams
The silence is deafening,
it's all just a bad dream

The creaks and groans of the floorboards at night
Sound like the footsteps of my tormentor's delight
The wind outside whispers cruel things in my ear
Reminding me of the pain that I've tried to clear

I feel like I'm drowning in this sea of pain
Unable to escape,
unable to break the chain
That binds me to this house,
to these memories so dark
A prisoner of my past,
forever left to embark

But the abuse has stopped,
the trauma has ceased
So why do I still feel trapped,
still feel diseased?
Why can't I shake the feeling that I'm still confined?
That these walls are closing in,
suffocating my mind?

It's because the memories remain,
long after the pain
Haunting me,
taunting me,
driving me insane
They linger in every corner,
every crevice and crack
A constant reminder of what I've been through,
what I've lacked

I wish I could erase it all,
start anew
But these walls hold secrets,
and memories that are true
I'm stuck in this house,
with these ghosts of my past
Forever trapped,
forever haunted,
forever aghast.