Empty hallway

 I wonder through these empty halls
Surrounded by these stark, blank walls
Shadows playing in the light,
Shadows dancing in the night
I scream to pierce the heavy air

It echoes back no one is there
No one to hear
No one to care
Mirrors, mirrors, on the walls
Reflecting back my every flaw
A thousand faces taunting me
A thousand things that no one sees

And the memories keep playing, playing
Like some demented song explaining  
That I’m broken, incapable of what I seek
Shall I forever chase a perfect me?

In the center of the room I sit
Drowning in my thoughts
Am I right or am I wrong
This repetition fills my head
And lays with me at night in bed,
Oh the things I should have done and said

Am I this haunted wraith?  
In the shadows of my mind that plays
This siren who tries  
To drowned me in my own dark mind
Who tries to suck my very sole?
Until the girl who was, is forever just a shadow

But this battle I will win, because I will not give in
Though how seductive darkness is
Though how seductive darkness is

It whispers like a lover
Of gentleness and peace
If only I could forget
For just a moment to be me