The ghost of Christmas Past

 

Blessed be

Velumbound

Do you like listening

to these

lost voices?

Here's another

Sometimes

I look for my twin candle

to see

if it still burns

My soulmate

and gateway

to new worlds

For now

I'm a ghost

of Christmas Past

A sin eater

from dog-eared days

that now

seems to always last

I walk

through schools of thoughts like Archimedes

Remembering

carefully

How things used to be

I still breathe in the sweet musk

Even in this swirling dust

Now I live on where angels fear to tread

Under this black sky

Where I wander and cry

Alone

Now

Why couldn't we make it

After all we've been through

The wars and sweet victories

I know now

I'm a shadow walker

But

if I could

I wouldn't take you for granted

No yellow gold would buy this old soul

Not anything

So if you hear this

Always know...

Even in here

I'll carry you

In this endless cold

To new places and higher kingdoms

For the now dead

Never get old

Blessed be

Velumbound...

(C)

Copyright John Duffy 

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