rose hall

it smelled of rotting roses

the walls were laced with thorns 

i hid myself inside 

or locked inside the dorms

i hated all the mirrors

they pointed back at me 

highlighted all the worst

things i didn't want to see

their voices had an echo

they bounced inside my head 

all of them reminding me 

i was better off dead

a room without a window 

doubled as a jail cell 

a secret i was living through

and never dared to tell 

the one day by myself 

my scarf tied as a noose

hanging from my bunk bed

alas the knot came loose

i was scared to try again 

yet i still clung to those thorns 

the devil welcomed me 

i was oblivious of his horns

the roses, they were pungent 

once more, i waltzed right in 

i bit my tongue and cut it off

silent with my sin

i tried to hold my breath

and swim through all those years

but i was never strong enough 

and drowned in all my tears.

Author's Note

it's been a very long time since i have ventured on to this website and posted. here's a dark little diddy that i wrote up reflecting on a situation i was in for many years. hope you enjoy!

Reviews

[Serendipity Planet]

I did enjoy reading your words although it was not east
I could feel the pain behind , I could feel the fear