Heart hotel

They broke it into pieces

The whole of her soul

They added many people

Who weren’t worthy of her

They cut her skin

And carved out lines

They told her life was a lie

That beauty faded with time

That love was not something you find

And that she should run away and hide

They sketched these thoughts

Into her heart

They tied it up with strings

And pulled them tight

And strangled its wings

So it couldn’t take flight

They left all the memories

Sowed into its floors

They left all the people

Trapped inside its wall boards

Dates and names

Accompanied her

As she traveled the rooms

She cleaned many memories

Of the things she once knew

She dusted the beds

Of a familiar scent

That haunted her head

Ghosts of people wanted the halls

Reminder to her all great people fall

As she walked down the stairs

And they followed her strides

Some taking shelter in the darkness and trying to hide

She opened the doors

That were once boarded and closed

To let in the new

And let out the old

Her heart hotel was renovated

And now open for good

She wouldn’t let herself get hurt again

Because she has more self worth then before