Kept prisoner

A wave, a kind word or a friendly smile
Cannot be found here
This is the darkest, barest cell
The place that I most fear.

Up here it is dreary, and it's dark
I'm ridiculed and taunted
With the ghosts of memories
This prison it is haunted.

During the day, when out and about
Amongst the people I'm known
But when I'm in and the doors clang shut
Here I'm all alone.

Inside my own mind
I need to get out of this twisted shape
This is the 1 torture chamber
That I cannot escape.