The Key That Fit My Door

The Key That Fit My Door

The key that fit my door

was never meant to open me

only to warn

to remind

to frighten

He turned it

slow and sure

not to unlock

but to twist

deep inside

I lived behind that lock

waiting for silence

waiting for peace

but never safe

Every creak in the hall

every shadow at dusk

was the key’s echo

a threat in disguise

a promise of pain

I learned how to shrink

how to disappear

how to count the seconds

until the key would turn again

It was never my home

just a cage with a view

where fear wore the shape of him

and hope was just a word

I could not say aloud

The key that fit my door

was a promise made in shadows

and I learned

some locks

are meant to keep you trapped

But one day

I will find the key

to break the lock

to leave the door open wide

and walk away

without looking back