Cherry petals

Blowing on a cotton candy wind

Dreams and thoughts of yesterdays

Dying deep within.

Happiness and comfort reign

In a place called home

Where darkness hurts and binds

All who are alone

Your silence is assumed

As a gesture of inner peace

But inside you are consumed

By a dreadful beast

Laughter and singing

Drift down all the halls

But you know the horrors

That occurred inside these walls

Vanilla and nutmeg

Are detectable in each room

Where once blood and destruction

Sang an eerie tune.

A gentle light

Brightens up the place

Though a heavy burden

Is shown in your young face.

No sorrows

Of tomorrows

Lived

And yet unlived

The future is a presence

Which you will not allow

All you see in your days

Is the present and the now

Cherry petals

On a cotton candy wind

Dreams and thoughts of future days

Dying deep within.