Faded

I'm faded.

I'm faded like an echo.
I'm faded like their screams.
I'm faded like the rusted blood-
on a knife that never gleams.

I'm faded.

I'm faded like the bruises,
I'm faded like the breath.
Faded like the high kid in class-
Zoned out from all the rest.

I'm faded.

I'm faded expression,
of worn soles.
That walked and trudged;
down these halls.

I'm faded like a love that's lost.
I'm faded like the window;
that's covered in thick frost.

I'm faded like the love letters;
they sent me long ago.
I'm faded like the relationships,
that were let go.

I'm faded like you.
I'm faded like me.
The worn down tendons of who I thought I could be.

I'm not on drugs,
I'm not high.
I'm just faded.
Fading while still alive.