Different Ways to Be Haunted
The mourners bow their heads<br/> But I am not a part<br/> Of their flow in the evening rain<br/> Despite how hard I try<br/> I'm left just to be<br/> Lonely and afraid<br/> <br/> My sober thoughts are there<br/> I have kept them away,<br/> A silence through the glass<br/> It's colder when you're here<br/> Your vanity makes me bleed<br/> Delusions never pass<br/> <br/> Your silence helps me pull away<br/> I push you further from my thoughts<br/> You may be pleased with how I feel<br/> But a friend is all I sought<br/> The days just blend into a whole,<br/> The pale skies just seem to grow<br/> I have so much to give,<br/> More than you'll ever know<br/> <br/> My useless pulse is through<br/> My hope is given away,<br/> My trust has been misplaced<br/> I struggle through the haze<br/> If you simply saw my face<br/> I'd find a way to stay<br/> <br/> We didn't speak at all<br/> Of how we felt,<br/> It doesn't matter now<br/> And so you're gone<br/> No one seems to want<br/> Me to be around<br/> <br/> Losing myself<br/> In nowhere,<br/> Away from your eyes<br/> But what do you care<br/> If I'm not here<br/> Just tell me why
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
With you, with me, it's hard to see<br/> I'll try anyway<br/> I claw the sky, I wonder why<br/> Why me, today?<br/> <br/> Your affinity fooled me twice<br/> I'm flattered you feel me<br/> But my knowledge as absence fell<br/> My importance just can't be<br/> <br/> You re-open my angry wounds<br/> Stolen to my haven,<br/> This rush of blood was far too soon<br/> You said you were mistaken<br/> <br/> And it'll be long, so early too<br/> Broke the aura we share<br/> My gilded face won't look at you<br/> But for once, I cared<br/> <br/> In your eyes, in your arms<br/> I'll drown, but be safe from harm<br/> I used to love, I used to care<br/> But now, I'm drifting nowhere<br/> <br/> It's been so clear, it feels a while<br/> Reflected in your smile,<br/> So come with me and help me write<br/> The pages of my white library<br/> <br/> Not felt this way before<br/> You said, but I'm not sure<br/> If you even felt at all<br/> I found you so divine,<br/> You said that you were mine<br/> But then you let me fall<br/> <br/> I'm wrong this time...
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
Alone I awoke to the sound of the rain<br/> Can't you leave me?<br/> The constant tapping at my window pane<br/> So eager to see<br/> I watch the sky behind broken glass<br/> The colours so rusted and hued<br/> Am I transparent, alone in my haze?<br/> My thoughts are of you<br/> <br/> I turned away from your gaze<br/> And disappeared in the crowd,<br/> Your eyes sought, but couldn't find<br/> I don't want to be found<br/> <br/> Is it so hard to believe in myself?<br/> I'm just a blur,<br/> My face is blank to the outside world<br/> To avoid being hurt<br/> I only speak when I'm spoken about<br/> So empty I feel,<br/> If I'm to drown I will drown all alone<br/> It's not a big deal<br/> <br/> I turned away from your gaze<br/> And disappeared in the crowd,<br/> Your eyes sought, but couldn't find<br/> I don't want to be found
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026