Dancing with Ghosts

When you get

there and

you have time to spare-

write me and say

that you’re okay

Home’s not the same--

When you left

you took its name.

Home is us--

Not me alone.

I dance with ghosts now

You know them all.

I’m still in love

With what we were

(not what is now)

I live in the past

though we know

memory won’t last

candle flame-

Tomorrow’s never the same

-------------------------------------- Break

And yes, I’m still

angry at you--

For taking

a precious thing

that belonged to we two

Leaving me,

you stole something

that wasn’t only yours—

We made it together

Not two hands, but four.

I believed

we were forever

I believed

in nothing more.

Just me alone now

dancing

with our ghosts.

Since you left

I’ve learned to be

their perfect host.

I be-lieved

we were forever

I be-lieved

in nothing more.

I dance with ghosts now.

You know them all

I’m still in love

With what we were

(not what is now)