Tuesday, December 20, 2011

The Music of Ghosts

Gliding through the room with such grace,
a friend, a mother, an unfamiliar face.
Their sharp notes set our world flat,
no understanding when you don't see them in the black.
A lonesome melody plays in your head
as cold air stands your hairs on your neck.
The constructor of this anonymous symphany
is rarely heard or seen.
They are here where we are,
they sing their same song.
A sign, a sound, an uneasy feeling,
they relive their lives still searching for meaning.

Whispering Ghosts

Whispering ghosts tell the story of what used to be,
swirling around in my head.
That memory stung with sharp intensity
and shocked my heart out of my chest.

Our electric connection
with mixed intentions
only lead to silent rejection.

I spend all night trying to keep on reminding myself
of what caused my mangled pride.
But boiling temptations holt my minds creations
and I think of you and these thoughts won't subside.
You always had a heart of carelessness
and an overuse of the second chance.
Thoughts of you endanger my tolerance.
Our electric connection
with mixed intentions
only lead to silent rejection.
All those promises you made to me
and the lies in your magnetic speech
tore my innocence.