Lockdown

Possibly one of my best poems, certainly one of my favourites. Wrote 16 July '08

Put my heart on lockdown, throw away the key,
Take away my chances; don't let me be free,
Toss me in a dark room; make sure to lock the door,
Make sure that my life can't ever be what was before.
Tell me that you love me, tell me it's a lie,
Go ahead and break my heart; sit and watch me die.
See me in the window, looking at the rain?
Do you see inside of me, do you see the pain?
Have you ever felt it; that hurting deep inside?
Do you know the feelings of the things I try to hide?
You don't understand it, you won't ever know,
You will never hold inside the things I do not show,
So put my heart on lockdown, throw away the key,
Take away my chances, never set me free.