Prisoner of a Broken Heart

I asked for my freedom and

you gave it.

I forced myself out

into the open and

walked away.

I felt happy and carefree.

That was what I thought.

I moved out

from your prison heart.

But I am still in chains.

Tangled in the bitterness

of broken vows and

shattered memories.

I am running around

this dark dungeon

of the past.

The shadows of regrets

grab me back

where we used to be.

I am following a light

but it's fancy

it flickered and faded

when I am about to reach for it.

I am following a path

farther from you.

But it leads me to nowhere

'til I feel like running back to you

but I can't.

I am hearing voices.

They all sing

of my failures and mistakes.

They whisper to me

my old promises that are all broken.

I am a dead meat.

The freedom I wished for

makes me

a slave of the past,

a loser of today and

a hopeless dreamer of tomorrow.

The shadows

of broken vows and

wasted dreams,

the bitter-sweet memories

of our togetherness

make me

a prisoner

of a broken heart.