Phantoms In The Dark… {Revised}
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The shadows whisper,
Someone breathes down my neck.
Life sailing like a sunken ship,
With its captain still prowling the deck.
Skeletons stir in the closet,
A ghost lurks in the dark.
My body exposing the soul,
Like a tree shedding its bark.
Something inside me has woken,
A voice speaks in my head.
Creatures howl in my sleep,
The world is full of dread.
Caressed by the devil,
By the angels I’m hunted.
The grim hacks at my veins,
But his axe has blunted.
Phantoms haunt my dreams,
They don’t leave when I’m awake.
They always walk beside me,
But leave no foot-prints in their wake.
They try to find the answers,
When the questions are unknown.
And yet I don’t want them to leave.
Yet I don’t want to be alone.
Something inside me has broken,
Something took its place instead.
My words begin to weep.
Things that were left unsaid.
Its difficult to move on,
When by the past you are beset.
When the only emotions you face and feel,
Are hurt, anger, guilt and regret….
aPOorV,
fantastic. I say brilliant even as it’s dark.
“Phantoms haunt my dreams,
They don’t leave when I’m awake.
They always walk beside me,”
Reading to mournful oud playing, maybe this makes it all the more accessible……….
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