Summer Ghost
January 18, 2014
This isn't about him,
I promise.
As roses scattered to ashes,
I can only hope he's crying too.
That he's thinking
We shouldn't be through.
I scold myself,
Stop dragging it out.
I've spent too long in the dark,
And taken double the dose.
I wait,
Love I wait,
For your summer ghost.
To haunt me,
Like it had,
A while ago.
When I hadn't been afraid,
When you stood at my window.
Stop dragging it out.
Torn and broke down,
I wait for you to come,
Show up at my door,
I promise I won't lock it.
But your face is not a memory
Like it was the day before.
Down at the graveyard,
I've seen this is war.
I'd like to fight,
But I surrender.
Your face,
Still in my mind.
I'm not a quitter,
But I give up sometimes.
I've taken double the dose
And I wait,
Love I wait,
For your summer ghost,
To haunt me like before,
Standing suit and tie,
Waiting at my door.
I invited over death,
He stayed a night,
But nothing more.
All things come to end
I cannot make it better,
I cannot play pretend.
Sky melted gray,
I opened my mouth,
There was nothing to say.
I took double the dose,
I wait,
Love I wait,
For your summer ghost,
To show up again,
To dream with me again,
To sleep in the summer sand,
To love me like you did,
When summer first began.
I wait, love,
I wait for you
To tell me not to go.
Please say you hear me,
Say you'll be there.
Say you know.
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