I befriended them – Yesterday’s ghosts I roamed around with Ghouls of the past I faced them and asked Stories, trials, anecdotes Until I conquered my fears For venom cures venom They don’t petrify me That threatened me once For we all are now storytellers
Did the strings break Or the melody die out Were they so complex The words and the sounds? Composing emotions Did you fall into the trap Of raking up memories Kept under a wrap? Now here’s a whimper There a mad laughter Grief from the past Rises in dark spectre!