Ghost of memory

Wandering where the shadows fade,

Silent steps in the endless maze.

The past clings like rusted chains,

But I can’t outrun what still remains.

Voices scream inside my head,

Ghosts of memories I wish were dead.

I try to break, but I can’t escape,

Trapped in the lies I helped to create.

Every reflection, every glance,

Fights my mind in a twisted dance.

I strike at shadows that know my name,

Only to find I’m still the same.

I’ve fought too long to win this war,

But now I see it’s never done.

The war was never with the world outside,

It’s in my soul, where I hide.

Voices scream, but now I know,

They were never mine to control.

The fight was always mine to keep,

The war inside, where shadows sleep.

In the silence, I stand alone,

Fighting demons that I’ve known.

And if they ever let me go,

Will I be free, or just a shadow?


Lost stars

What happens

when the stars fall silent?

Would the path wane,

leading to our home?

A long road lies ahead,

the hoofbeats ring through the air.

The sky is loud,

the path endlessly empty.

A black-and-white landscape,

hoofbeats resonate through the void.

The stars above are fading;

I lose my way, I no longer know the path.

What am I to do if I’m lost?

An eternal silence fills the sky.

The hoofbeats wane,

a black-and-white landscape remains.

I will not return home,

I no longer know where to go

Above me, a silenced light,

coldness walks with me.

by Shaya