The Chamber of Forgotten Echoes
Locked away, the past hums a haunting lullaby.
The Locked Room
In the darkest corners of my mind, I do not tread.
There’s a door there—heavy, rusted, wrapped in chains that clink when you get too close. It stands alone in the black silence of my thoughts, untouched but never forgotten.
Behind it, something lives.
Sometimes, when the world is quiet—too quiet—I hear it: the scraping of nails against wood. A voice, raw and desperate.
“Let me out... Let me out...”
But no sound ever truly comes. Just the echo of what should be there—the scream that's always felt, but never heard.
The past lives behind that door.
Memories I’ve buried so deep they feel like they belong to someone else. Faces I can't name. Moments that haunt without context. A part of me that was too heavy to carry, so I left it behind. Locked it up. Walked away.
But sometimes...
Sometimes I stand in front of that door and wonder:
Do I need to open it?
Do I need to see what I sealed away?
Or is forgetting the only way I survived?
The chains are tight—but not unbreakable.
And lately, they rattle on their own.
I tell myself it’s better this way—that the darkness behind that door is poison, and I’ve done the right thing by locking it out.
But deep inside, I feel it:
A hollow space.
Like something's missing.
Like a chapter of me is unfinished.
Maybe the past isn’t just pain.
Maybe it’s the key to why I feel incomplete.
But for now, the door stays closed.
And I remain standing in the dark, listening to the silence scream.
About the Creator
JesMe
I write about the things that keep me awake at night—the thoughts, the fears, the memories that refuse to stay quiet. Some become poems. Others, stories. Whether they’re fiction monsters or real ones, they’re all real to me.
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This piece really gets into the mind of someone dealing with a locked-away past. I can relate to that feeling of having parts of myself I've tried to forget. It makes me wonder, though, at what point does the curiosity to unlock those memories become stronger than the fear of what's inside? And how do we know if facing the past will truly make us feel more whole?