Behind Locket Doors

We laughed under stars, I called it trust

Didn’t see the grip beneath the lust

You chose my clothes, chose who I see

And slowly, you erased me out of me

You said "don’t talk to him", I did, you yelled

Grabbed my wrist so tight, the silence swelled

Bruises bloomed like flowers on my skin

But I still said, "It’s fine again"

You didn’t break my bones

But you owned my fear

I swallowed screams

You didn’t wanna hear

You kissed me hard

Then choked me slow

Called it love

But I know, I know

Near the end, I slept with eyes wide

You’d rage, then swear it’s love in disguise

Felt your hands too many times on my throat

Your love was a cage and I lost hope

No one saw the bruises on my hope

You called it love, but pulled the rope

My voice turned into quiet fear

Even mirrors stopped looking here

I smiled for him, and lied to me

Broke my back just to keep peace

He chose my clothes, rewrote my name

Until I couldn’t feel the shame

[Bridge] (“Are you scared? Again?”)

I saw it once — that look in your eye

Made me wonder, would I make it out alive?

Would I be just a name you’d erase

If I stayed another day in that place?

Nights felt like a coffin’s breath

Each silence held a closer death

I held my screams behind closed lips

As he traced his rage across my skin

Thought if I stayed, I’d be enough

But love should never feel this rough

I walked away, but still I see

His hands like ghosts all over me

You didn’t break my bones

But I broke instead

Made escape plans

Inside my head

Still flinch at noise,

Still fear your name

But I’m not yours now

I left the game

It was only a thought…

that you might kill me someday.

I couldn’t save myself…

but I survived.