Shelter

The world outside is cold and grey It pulls me down, it steals my day But I retreat where no one goes Inside my mind — a place that knows My shelter hides where silence grows Behind the curtain no one knows No need for words, no need to speak Just peace I find when I’m too weak They say I’m lost, I’m far away Drifting in thoughts, day by day But here I’m safe, though tears may fall My shelter’s walls — within it all