Misguided Ghost

I wanted to blame you

For the collapsing waves

Crashing inside of me…

For the misguided ghost

Left in the echoes

Of my concaved hope.

I wanted to emphasize

All of the ways

You mistreated my magic,

Replacing it with a void

That could not be touched.

You closed me

Behind curtains of despair

And left me in the shadows

Where I learned to live

Between starless walls…

Through moonless nights.

I really wanted to say

That it’s all your fault

For the empty tomb

I’ve adapted into,

But the truth is…

There was already a darkness

Living inside of me

That even I’ve been scared to uncover…

But that chasm of gloom

Grew because of you

Into a vacuum that consumes

Everything meant to be beautiful.