"Memory Pools"

Inspired partially by the Beatles song 'Across the Universe', from which I blatantly stole the first line. *HUGS*
"Memory Pools"
pools of sorrow
endless laughter
someone else
within my skin
i'm shaking
i'm shaking
but never again
will i be broken
no one remembers
the past like me
because they didn't
have my eyes
my life they
could not see
but their ears
recall
screams down the hall
yet even in my dreams
no one moves to
help me
help me
and i in foolish youth
let them break me
but never again
will i be broken
mirrors line the walls
of my head and
how many more will be
smashed before
someone sees
that the beautiful
reflection is only
an echo of who
i used to be
throw me a line
i'll never reach
the shores
in time
but make the gesture
and with my laughter
i'm shaking
i'm shaking
i'm shaking
i'll never let it go
though it drowns me
never will they break
me again, for i swim
alone
in pools of sorrow.