Haunted

They come at night while you sleep
When you are unafraid and unsupecting
They creep through your barriers
Nameless faces from long ago
faces that stare and accuse
Again and again
To relive in your mind
until you cry or scream in anger and fear
you cant make it stop
hiding doesn’t make them go away
you cant call the cops because its not happening now
turn on all the lights because so you aren't sitting in the dark
they are etched into who you are
and like a movie permanently stuck on repeat
a movie only you can see
playing behind your eyes, everywhere you look
you see the past, the days of your childhood
smiles mixing with the tears of a long lost you
trying to chase them away afraid to see
things long forgotten
things that are hard to believe
questions with no answers
movies with no sound
but you already know
you know what happened
and it plays until you never forget it again
the ghosts have come out to play
and stopping inst on their minds
they come to play
they come to haunt
they come to make you see and remember
until you cant sleep and stay awake for days
when medicine no longer helps
and
 there is no real escape