screaming on the inside

This corridor is empty
I sink to the floor
Sliding down the wall
I stare through the door.
This is my life now.
Silent and alone
Sitting on the outside
Always looking on
Silence doesn’t last long
As I sit out of sight.
The empty space inside me
Fills with a scream
Piercing my mind
It echoes day and night.
No matter how far I run
I never can escape
The painful sound of loneliness.
Can no-one hear the chaos?
See I’m locked up in a cage?
The keys are lying on the tiles
Just outside my reach.
A kind word soothes the screamer
A smile melts the bars.
So when you’re in that empty corridor
Please look inside your heart.
Reach out your hand, help me to stand.
And lead me through an open door.