Cries of My Skeletons

[Nujilia Brickhouse]

You overwhelm me with your grief

Your skeleton cries to be put to rest

They’ve found sanction in the grave

Yet, you won’t let them go because then-

Then you would be force to live

Live with so much guilt and shame

Guilt that was never yours from the start

But burned lasting reminders in your heart

How can you be free to love someone

When you find you can’t love yourself

How can you expect them to see

The things you don’t see in yourself

Your skeletons keep speaking

Yet they have no voice

Though you let their secret out

You are still bound by lost innocence

The thing that you will never regain

So you try to break free

You run to someone to unlock the chains

But your pain adds more locks

Though the keys of your heart you gave

Your skeleton holds the key to freedom

So you live in fear and bondage

Fear of releasing all the hurt

Fear of living and being hurt again

Your mind is a safe haven for confusion

You live life on the very edge

But it is alright for it’s by choice

And your recklessness gives you control

Yet deep down you want something real

Something that you can call your own

But somehow you feel you don’t deserve it

Your mind tells you that you are unclean

You feel spoiled and your beauty is tainted

Your skeleton cries because it longs for the grave

Yet it will forever haunt you until-

You lay it to rest and finally break free