I've been there

I've been there these caves know my name, these scars bear me withness I've stood on this same floor the fragrance is still fresh a world I know too well. I've been there these walls have my thoughts, the echoes are still familiar they ask why leave us but it's time I moved on on to the place that's new. I've been there where they thought I'd be, the same place they kept me I've been set free free from darkness so listen closely I'm not going back. I've been there near the gates of torture, where tears flow like the ocean but where are those who said you'll never love I'm loved until the end. I've been there the sounds of broken souls were my companions, the voices of forgotten dreams lulled me to sleep but now, but now they seek freedom. I've been there before where hunger was a norm, where thought became death where love lost her veil yet I still stand I still stand before you I know where I've been. I've been there before in this furnace of fear, where pain clawed at us every day loves arise to where I am now all this I know I've been there before. © Adiela Michael Osiah