Like a Sad and Lonely Ghost

All those memories you haunt
seem to make you hurt the most
yet you linger in the past
like a sad and lonely ghost

There is an eerie silence
in your melancholy mood
You've retreated to the darkness
from the dreams you once pursued

Many prizes never claimed
many treasures never found
for you thought yourself unworthy
of the love that was around

If you'd only take a chance
just one step beyond your fear
to the symphonies of sadness
you might turn a deafened ear

Oh, the battles never fought
Oh, the victories never won
From the challenges of life
often times you chose to run

So you stay inside your mind
in a prison built to last
like a sad and lonely ghost
with the relics of the past


© Mike Wise
4/8/18

Tags: Sad, Depressing, Pain, Dark,