Ghosts

The words we leave unsaid
are shadows in our voices
stale and empty air
we cannot exhale

We smile and look away
divided by our choices
You're barely holding on
are you?

Tell me who you are
Every moment
leaves me in the dark
illusions carved into this heart
scattered truths in unmatching pieces

Our eyes do not meet -
mine fixed on ghosts of you
yours locked in secrets
we play
we pretend

Do you think about me now
or push my face away
and lay me with your
years gone by?

Am I just a name
blinking through the void?
I blinked and you were
already gone

So I looked for you in letters
and memories imprisoned in
frames and conversations
Truth and fiction scrambled into one
portrait time has painted over and over and

Our eyes never meet -
mine fixed on ghosts of you
yours locked in secrets
We act
We pretend
We play
We pretend

Pretend we didn't lose each other
Pretend we always knew each other
Pretend we didn't lose each other
and we're not ghosts yet...