sometimes i still ache,
days like these i can't make
myself look the other way
keep the the cruel memories at bay
they are unrelenting
each one unforgiving
i thought i had them buried
inside a chest closed
so tightly, that even air cannot escape
but by some magic,
(or is it curse?)
they have managed
to very slowly free themselves
of the chains i had
wrapped around them
they still haunt me
mock me mercilessly
till all i hear
are echoes of them
bouncing off the walls
of my empty, empty heart

when will it stop huh?
when i am too tired
to even breathe?
well guess what, i am
too spent, too drained
make it stop
please let them stop