Whispers echo through my mind
breaking down a shattered wall
I built it once to save myself
a promise I would never fall.
Little words can mean so much
and tear out a person’s heart
‘I love you’ means the greatest thing
until the meaning comes apart.
Through my twisted thoughts
not a single truth passes
and every moment moving faster
as the life before me crashes.
My heart aches more with every beat
blood flowing thick and strong
my cries search out in darkness
like an untold heartbreak song.
You took all that remained of me
shattered heart and darkened soul
I believed the words you said to me
my pain now burdened as the toll.
If I could savour one last wish
to cleanse myself of what may seem
my only choice flow’s crimson red
and leads me into haunted dreams.
Emilie Turner 