Locked Doors

All of my emotions
They are locked behind doors
Chained and locked
While I only hold the key
No one can ever reach them
I like to keep them there
It is safer than letting them out
No one can hurt you
When you can feel nothing
No one can make you cry
When you cannot remember how
Now I have lost my key
And I cannot get beyond
My own chains
They keep me away from
The tears that I need to cry
The emotions I need to feel
I hold everything back now
And I do not remember what
True emotion feels like
So when something sad happens
When there should be tears shed
I shed forced tears
Empty and lacking emotion
Mere droplets of water
Of the emotions
I can no longer feel



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