Ghosts of the pavement

 

I walk the pavement you walk every day 

And I wonder how you manage

To make it

 

Time is going slow tonight

But during your days

Time is running fast

When the sun will rise

You will walk among the sheep

Shutting down the voices screaming

 

When the sun will set

You will leave this place

Opening your mouth to desperately breathe

 

How do you manage

To remain silent

Within this deafening environment

 

In what seems to be my parallel universe

World upside down

I am walking on the sky to avoid your footsteps

 

In your high tower

You are no closer to me

But buried under walls of glass

 

And it hurts me to see you

Fading in the void this life dug around you

Becoming the shadow of who you really are

 

I will go to sleep next to you tonight

Because this place has been my home before

But I will walk amongst you tomorrow

And I will look at your faces

And all I will see my love

Are ghosts

Author's Note

Photo credit :http://www.flickr.com/photos/jan_bakker

Reviews

[Antonio Valentino]

Oh Claire, this is so extraordinary...

In what seems to be my parallel universe
World upside down
I am walking on the sky to avoid your footsteps

In your high tower
You are no closer to me
But buried under walls of glass

Go in early to work one day, and grab this guy.
People are only ghosts if we allow them to be.

Really loved this.
Antonio xx

[Jonathan Ballam]

I'm surprised a poem of this calibre hasn't garnered more reviews by now.

You words are naked, transparent and accurate. What grabbed me about this the most was the potent ending, very well done!

Keep well, and keep scribbling ;)

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these 2 verses are very creative!!!
"When the sun will rise
You will walk among the sheep
Shutting down the voices screaming"
Awesome writing!
"When the sun will set
You will leave this place
Opening your mouth to desperately breathe"
and this last verse!
"And I will look at your faces
And all I will see my love
Are ghosts"
I love this poem!!!

james:-)