A Ghost

A ghost

Wonders through the hall
A wisp of a laugh
A faint outline of the
friend that once was.

A shadow

That plays over again
A showing of before
A matinee every day
that can’t be escaped.

A flicker

Of the yesteryear desired
Before chaos took over
Before you burned bridges
that you can’t rebuild.

A demon

Walks forth in place
A banshee that screams
That emerges from dark
held inside the ghost.

A shell

Of what could be
Dropped out of reality
Leaving all that was
to find false comfort.

A lost friend

No longer in mind
So close to nothing
Nothing but empty hellos
never meaning a thing.