A Ghost's Embrace

As I lay with you
So cold and dark
You do your best to

Bring back all the stars
And replicate
A time that is so far

The touch of skin
The sound of breath
Made my heart sing
You weren't there yet

Give me comfort
Because I fell from grace
And all I've left now
Is your embrace

As i lay with you
Each laboured beat
Shifts my heart closer to

The dead void whence you came
When light breaks through
It will never be the same

So you wait for me
At the sinking of last light
Ghost of memories
My only solace in the night

As I lay with you
I think of the summers
The moon
The stars

How the weeping branches
Danced in the wind
With copper hair
In imperfect harmony

How the siren's song
mMade me believe
That I truly was
The only exception

How the roughest of storms
Instilled no fear
For across the oceans
We can sail

Though try as you may
To soothe my heavy heart
It belongs to the living
We are worlds apart

I am taking back what's mine
Fully as my own
The fear, the sorrow
The doubts that have grown

I'm letting it shape me
And harden me
Make me stronger
For all to see

So as you wait patiently
To embrace me one more time
I see your essence fading
Lost to another ghost of mine