The light pours in the window
making small shadows on the wooden floor
the sun shines bright on this morning
it never has before
it has always rained this day
coating the ground in a muddy blanket
but today
on the anniversary of that death
the death i remember
they mourned in black
but then went back
and hid it all
the emotion now locked
the rusty padlock broken every night for four nights
but i broke it every night of my lifetime
and let the emotion run
but never told anyone
i just locked it every morning
today was the day you died
all those years ago
all those tears continued to silently flow
but today i will not cry
i have been haunted for too long
your ghost shall thrive no more
send it back to the grave
because my guilt is done
buried right with you
because today the sun shines bright
it is time i move on
on the anniversary of your death
this time i dance
i will not cry
i am done with this burden
this bird fly free
your chains lie broken on the ground
the sad child will smile
she shall not remember the pain
the pain of every night
when your ghost came to her
and cried with her
because i care no more
i mourn no longer
your ghost shall die
because the sun shines bright
and i will not cry tonight
