Exposed Memories

In the dark your words drift to me

strip me bare

leaving me naked in front of you

caught unaware

 

The moonlight softens the shock

of being disclosed

my layers are shed

my skin exposed

 

You whisper to my soul

the secrets of survival

the way in which we save ourselves

our innocence so fragile

 

I had known it all along

just refused to see

the darkness that envelops

is what's been saving me

 

the darkness saves

that's what you say

a child's eyes

full of pain

 

the darkness saves

and makes insane

a child's home

defiled, profane

 

(these memories are haunting me...)