Ghost

The ridge of your spine Will cut through my fingers like a saw When I try to hold you close Because you are more real than most You are here to feel and see But I am just a ghost Truth gleams out from those eyes I live in shadows You live under golden skies A ghost must stay in fog and smoke A ghost cannot love a human being A ghost is not real, it is nothing A ghost must stick to hollows and haunting Reality destroys the false In sun a ghost will vaporize A truth such as you dispels all lies Will you really caress this cheek This corn husk skin? Light a match I'll burn away You come to me in the night I cannot come to you in the day You kiss me with red lips Red lips that meet my mouth Like a gaping wound I hope I can cure it I hope I can endure it I hope I can infect it Desire in my eyes Longing in my cries Truth within these lies This ghost is afraid I love you And here's the proof I will confine you to my snow globe of shadow Dance for me My candle flame of truth Set this underground castle afire Cast my fear onto a wet wood pyre From the ashes will come bones Flesh will come out from the coals From the fires Will rise A human being This present is but a shadow of the past This "now" a shade of a future that lingers On the horizon I was broken from stone to sand Clay and dust of moon Sculpt me anew with cool slender fingers Warm breath and a bright mind I once was blind But now