Pick apart the spirit 

Of a buried body laid down to rust 

Scavenge beyond the surface smiles 

The batted eyes 

Fingertips brushing against elegant shoulders 

Find the internal dappled sunlight leaves 

That have fallen from the trees 

leaving imprints deeper than flesh traces 

Tear through muscle tissue 

Until you find footprints

Love 

In the most unexpected places 

Let the echo fill empty corners 

of gloomy attics 

Claw past envy 

Deceit 

Bookmarks at the wrong chapters of a life 

Search for the child 

The curious purity 

With small hands and wide eyes 

A completely different human 

Dig down 

With a brave shovel 

To the bone outlined with weakness 

Fear 

A philosophical approach

That has been stored away 

Hidden behind love and rhythm

Behind tears and contaminated solutions 

But do not be dissapointed 

If you only find 

Ghostly whispers of what you seek 

Because nothing is forever 

Nothing stays 

There is always an excuse to leave

Even skin sheds 

Bones wither away 

There are only memories 

Stored somewhere high above 

Where stars burn in delight 

A response to the human senses we expose 

In silence 

At night 

In the darkness 

Never in the light 

So yes, you still exist up there with me 

Replaying everything again 

Our ghosts are interconnected prisoners of fate 

So my shackles 

Will also be yours 

As my body begins to rot 

The pictures grow more vivid 

They become the past 

And although death is upon me 

So are you 

You and I 

In our own little forever