GHOST

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i am a ghost

wandering sad and vacant round the little town

peeking into places i once loved, wincing at my previous renown

i am a ghost

slowly dancing to music only i can hear

waltzing to the clinking chains of pain throughout the years

i am a ghost

still sentient, still feeling

wading through an endless swamp of mud with heavy boots, keeping love in check, passion reined, and emotions well concealing

i am the ghost of a lovely girl, a worst past self, a plot unfurled

i am the ghost of one lost love, scars running deep, life in a whirl

i am a ghost of the damn past, but i am concrete and appearing

tangible and well-meaning, a strange eccentric being

excuse me please, i am a ghost, understood not here or there

always morphing, always changing, living, closer to despair

dust will swirl through the room and settle on the stairs

the twilight sun will tremble in, filtering the air

dying flowers lie around, their rotting corpses strangely lovely

i will be here to meet you there, my darling, singular beauty.

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