Wraiths
We are the wraiths floating above Embracing the ghosts of our chemical love
We are ones, you’re not sure you see Hiding in shadows that you can’t perceive
We search out the alleys, the cut- throughs, the lanes
Industrial bridges who call out our names
Waiting for runners: “When did he leave?”
Bring us the air that only we breathe Broken glass vials and sharp metal pins Empty and deadly but smiling within Our obvious secrets betrayed in our
eyes Our scars and our tracks the meaning-
ful lies
So we’ll stand in your judgment be- cause we are the grey In your black and white world and the brightness of day
And these wraiths are my friends now I choose not to leave and walk on down dark tracks
Refusing to grieve
What are you burning
I think it’s your soul
You’re breathing in smoke
That won’t fill the hole
And when you breathe out
Your chemical pain
Your heart is still bleeding
Just numb from the pain
Emptiness comes
You know it so well
The hour of nothingness
Then breaking the spell
Dead ends and grey roads
You’ve been here before
Run whil you still can
Then run on some more
Escape this distraction
It doesn’t exist
You’ll get back the love
The love that you missed
And one day you’ll look back
Look back and see
You rose up from nothing
And you will be free.
