The Walls in My Mind

My life has been written

on the walls of my mind

hour after hour

year after year

the words building up

straining like water

against the dam

I built

a cage made of silence and strength

thinking it could save me from looking back

But dams break

and so did I 

the words tumbling onto paper

until the walls were clear

the cage empty

and I was no longer a prisoner

holding myself captive.