So Alone

So Alone

I’m just a ghost to the world,
a faint outline of a person
making my way through life.
Blurred, faded.
People pass by me unknowing.
The city lights shine through me,
like a blaze of flame
shot to the heart.
It feels like the stars are crying
acid rain,
pouring down upon me,
burning.
I’m sinking through the ocean,
to the very ocean floor,
to lie beneath the waves forever.
I’m an angel with these broken wings,
my open wounds bleed dry.
I pray for night to obscure me again,
to make me a shadow once more.
The pendulum has swung towards me,
I’m left on this dingy street corner
in the pouring rain.
I am gasping for air tonight,
and I am so alone.