Wraith

You sense, but cannot know me

I’m the vapor in your breath

I’m a mist that clouds your thinking

I’m a virile living death

I’m a nomad of the ether

I’m the scourge of self-esteem

I seek and find my lodging

In a land beyond the dream.

You live the lie of outer love

For all the world to see.

When your friendships die of selfishness

Your only friend is me

And comforted within this cage

Of hardened falsity

I feed your lie full knowing

Only truth can set you free.

I nest within your fearful heart

You cloak me with your hate.

I wait for you to wait to love

And laugh when it’s too late.

Your nightmares are my lifeblood

And they softly speak my name.

You embrace me, yet deny me

As you hide me in your shame.

When you lose your life and love

And only i remain

I’ll bask within your darkened heart

And revel in your pain.

I’ll drink your sweetly hopeless thoughts

Plant sweetly hopeless seed

And with cruel, malicious pleasure

I’ll supply the pain you need.

Until that day I’ll wait

For you to make my power whole.

I’ll feed your eagerness for me

Let darkness take its toll.

I wait now in your emptiness

A hollow in your hole.

I’m the shadow in your darkness

I’m the blight upon your soul.

You sense, but cannot know me.

You may seek to all in vain.

I’m a wraith of no dimensions

I’m the hurt behind the pain.

I’m the friend of all the friendless.

I’m the anguish in their scream.

I seek and find my lodging

In a land beyond the dream.

by Alaric Goldkuhl