SUNSHINE AURA – poetry. short stories. community.

In the beginning you had me fooled.

I thought you were a master architect,

Showing me the plans, the blueprints,

For the beautiful castle you were building.

I believed we were crafting it together

Our hands sharing the tools

Passing each other bricks and stone

One on top of the other

Building from the ground up.

You made me believe

That I was becoming someone

You cared about.

Impressing me with your humor

Guiding me with your knowledge

Wishing me good morning and g’night.

I was too far gone before I saw.

Before I saw the real you,

The person you concealed so well.

A person whose fingerprints

Were washed away from our castle.

And the walls closed in, the air gone,

It was only when it was far too late

That I finally saw clearly:

It was never a castle you built me.

It was a dungeon.

A place for you to keep me

A place to visit when you felt like it

A prison that maybe I entered willingly.

So you kept me there

Giving me just enough to survive

Enough to keep me from getting strong

Enough to keep me from leaving.

I just feel so stupid and confused

Why would you do this to me?

Why wouldn’t you leave me be

When you knew you had no intention,

No intention to keep me?