you are thin and wiry.
the wind chipped away at your bones.
you stand translucent in the sunlight.
your shadow never shows.
your face is haunted and it's gray.
your skin a dull color.
when you stare at smiles, longingly,
your eyes seem hollow, no soul.
the rain has washed your happiness.
rainbow lights reflected in the gutter.
you just stare hopelessly.
like doing nothing makes it better.
over the thunder sent your way,
I cannot hear you cry.
but when you wail loud enough,
it reaches over to my window, at night.
to the window of my bedroom,
in a bed that I sleep in alone.
a sleep that you always intrude on.
your ghostly figure never leaving me alone.
and I shiver in the chill air.
you're shaking from your sobs.
connected in our sadness,
I guess we're never alone.
but I want out.
I want away from you.
your fading frame degrades.
and you pull me into darkness,
but I twist away, escape.
screaming out, I want out.
I want away from you.
and I leave you crying, there,
it's the best that I could do.