Letting Go

She hid in the shadows and fed on the gloom,
her tomb built of fear from the past.
lonely her lease on life bitter with time,
wanting the love she once had.

The shackles that chained her where invisibly cursed,
hurting while holding her down.
no longer sharing the emotions she carried,
wearing the new mask she'd found.

No one let into her pain room,
silently saving her tears.
she held on for weeks and months wanting back love,
but the waiting had turned into years.

She clung to the night where dreams came alive,
breathing the breath from the past.
just to wake tired when her dreams would expire,
searching to find love that last.

but her love wasn't love but a moment of lust,
a passing quick touch just to feel.
and a life time of sadness arose from one act,
never to let love be real.