The Ghost

He's long gone But his shadow remains That's where I live Where you direct your pain I'm standing by your side But you can't see me there Your gaze fixed in the past A burden I must bear I am the ghost You throw you rage at Invisible Yet a disillusion Dead flowers a bouquet A smile that slowly fades Letters of love The sun has bleached away A path of yellowed leaves A creek dry where they lead Where all dreams go to die and hearts no longer bleed When a love has died It doesn't happen right away It's colors slowly fade Like flowers on a grave I've walked for miles and miles In shoes too big to fill An epic disappointment The eternal bitter pill Penance for a sin that wasn't mine Punished for another's crime You forgot that I was there Forgot that it was me But I am left here holding All his pain and misery I'm standing by your side but You can't see me there Your gaze fixed in the past A burden I must bear I am the ghost You throw you rage at Invisible Yet a disillusion