The ghost

I saw him

His body a very pale sea, almost green

Soaring above me in a different sphere

With gold wings

He had a blissful expression

One maybe he never had

Certainly he was always smiling, somewhere

When he died

I had just gotten betrayed by a friend

I thought was mine

I forgave him

Was more just said

You live through any of it

But what is the red shoulder we long to see

I thought that I too would reach a great canyon

My arms and legs blissed out

Instead I blossomed inside

Oh I loved his wife and children

But they were still here with me

When my father died he went straight up to heaven

When the ghost died he stayed with us for a while

I forgot to mention that the wings were gold and green

And the winds were heavy

They held his body

Afloat in air as if in the ocean

I forgot to say that when it was summer

I too measured the red bell heads

I said the hell with it

All of it

Heavy air will you hold me

Suspended in the ocean of time

Where I will never see you again

My skin gold and green

Sweet king, you left us

I know it

Dark is dark

The darkness, darnit

It surrounds

With heavy air

Arms and legs suspended

The head