Silence
You gave me your hand
You built a home from the pieces of a broken man
Instead of covering up my bruises with kisses like you used to
you made more
Now my mind’s is at war
because you’re not the love I once knew
Your ghost sits with me
underneath the willow tree
We hold in our anger and call it home
we never get lost for we do not roam
Your ghost picked me apart and looks inside
I couldn’t run, I couldn’t hide
Your ghost filled me with dreams I can’t hold
It’s the only thing keeping me afloat in this cold world
I wish that we could’ve run away
I wish I could just leave the growing up for another day
This nostalgic feeling is weighing down on me
Like the kid I used to be is looking down on me
I see your ghost stare at the photographs of us
and smile at the things stuck in the past
But I also see the hole that slowly spreads as your ghost looks at our picture
your ghost turns and looks at me
I have to look closely
to see your ghost whisper “I’m sorry”
I can’t handle the silence that threatens to crush us
So I sing a song to keep the quiet out
But it’s not enough
because when you watch me with those sad eyes
I self-destruct on the inside
It’s never a pretty sight
And it pains me, even more, when your ghost cries
because we’re both hurting inside
You used to say “there’s love in the silence”
I always replied with a smile, “tell me something I don’t know”
This love doesn’t feel right anymore
I miss the love that wasn’t filled with sadness and pain
I miss the before
I call your ghost over so we can take a picture
but no matter how many times we take the picture it’s not the same
because in the after photo I’m all alone
Even with your ghost here I feel alone
So I listen to your recorded voicemail on my phone
My hands are balled into fists
In that moment I realize how lonely it is to exist
The silence keeps trying to sprout
So I play your voicemail over and over to keep the silence out