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"The Tower" by Layanne
Door after door
I search the hallways.
I can't find the exit
I'm scared and alone.
A distant cry
As if one in pain.
How did I get here
All drenched in rain?

I look up to the top
But I only see stairs.
I have to follow
To see what's up there.
I've reached a door
The only one gone unopened.

I twist the knob
Hot in my palm.
The creaks
As it's hinges give way.
I enter the room
To a ghostly ballet.
I see women in white
Black ribbons in hair.
They stop and they look
As I stand there and stare.

These people, these angels
Are setting me free
Free into a world of
Melancholy.
Forever and always
In this tower so gentle
This tower so clean.
To search door by door
For the exit
Hiding from me.

Year after year
I've searched for my door
Until finally now
I'm standing still as stone.
I reach out my hand
To open my door.
It's locked from the outside
I'm stuck here forever more......