Phantom Melodies

Can we trust

in these phantom melodies,

that haunt

the forbidden corridors

of the mind?

Were they

created by some musical genius

or just simply by chance?

Should we believe

their sad mourning call?

The cry of a thousand

saying goodbye.

The laugh of one crazed

by a life of loneliness and hate.

The tears of those

thought to have been innocent

laced with the blood

of the fallen and forgotten.

These things ensnared within a bar line,

captured within this lament,

for all to hear

for all to remember

and feel the pain

once more.