there's no such thing as ghosts
not in real life
but maybe there are
all the things i didn't do
all the things i wish i did
all the things that went wrong
everything
is slowly haunting me
the person i once was
the struggles i once dealt with
the ones i deal with now
those-
if there's such thing as ghosts surely those are it
and real life
can bring you down on your knees sometimes
crying out loud from the horror of it all
life is no fairy tale
it's full of its one ghosts
maybe they're all around us
wanting to be seen
but maybe
we can make things right
maybe
there are ghosts
but maybe
they can disappear
over time
maybe we will learn
not to listen to them
because they just want to drag us down
them and their friends from the shadows
the demons that never sleep
keeping you awake
wrapping their cold cold hands
around all of those dreams that dare to exist
around all these specks of light
trying to shine in the empty dark
the darkness doesn't sleep
but we do
and all the thoughts that creep in
disrupt it
until we're awake
awake and afraid
haunted again
by ghosts
that never go away
destroying so many lives
tossing them aside like they were nothing
...unless,
unless
you
are the ghosts
and now there's just an empty space where you disappeared
without a trace
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this one got kind of dark
and honestly my inspiration for it was probably these four songs:
"Tired" by Alan Walker
"If your ghost pulls you apart and it feels like you've lost who you are, my love, there's no need to hide....just let me love you when your heart is tired"
"These walls can't talk but if they could they'd say you can't hide the secrets just forget about this mess I'm waiting from the sidelines from the sidelines...I see there's tears in your eyes and I feel so helpless inside"
Probably the lyrics that influenced it the most.
Also, "Fake a Smile" by Alan Walker.
"You and I up all night nothing's wrong nothing's right I swear these walls are upside down swear the roof is underground demons don't sleep at night"
"I try to turn off my mind say I'm doing just fine but I'm screaming inside like...say these words on repeat while I'm trying to breathe now you're counting on me so I fake a smile but I know you know me to well but it's alright, you're like heaven when I'm in hell"
"I'm waiting for them all to see I don't deserve your company...To love myself is way too hard"
Those lyrics probably influenced it, too.
Also, "Fall Away" by twenty one pilots
"I don't wanna fall fall away...I'll keep the lights on in this place, cause I don't wanna-I disguise and I will lie and I will take my precious time as the days melt away as I stand in line and I die as I wait as I wait on my crime and I try to delay what you make of my life but I don't want your way I want mine and I'm dying and I'm trying but believe me I'm fine but I'm lying I'm so very far from fine and I...I can feel the pull begin feel my conscience wearing thin and my skin it will start to break up and fall apart..."
And "Redecorate" by twenty one pilots, probably these lyrics specifically:
"She's not of her reflection but what she might see behind it...she had plans to change her name, just not the traditional way"
"Haunted by a couple big mistakes, she covers all the dents with the way she decorates then one night she got cold with no blankets on her bed so she ripped em off the mirror stepped back and she said 'I don't wanna go like this...at least let me clean my room...I don't wanna leave like this cause the last thing I would to do is make my people make decisions wondering what to do, should they keep it on display, or redecorate?"
I recommend all those songs, by the way.
they all are kinda sad tho.
the last two especially.
It's just I happened to be listening to them while I was cleaning, and then wrote this down.
it's okay to have things you regret, things you wish you could have done better.
we all make mistakes.
-🌌
galaxy
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PoetryA collection of poetry, all written by me. Some of its kind of sad, and kind of dark. But it's all based, however loosely, on real life. A note before you read: I'm glad you're taking the time to read my poetry :). But before you do, I'd like to m...
