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Writing early morning songs

He stumbles in with the moon on his shoes
No hello
Just the creak of bad news
His eyes are shadows
His voice a sigh
He’s a stranger
Not the guy who said goodbye

The clock ticks loud
It's almost cruel
I’m wide awake
He’s just a fool

You're the ghost of 5AM
Not the boy I knew back then
No texts
No calls
Just empty air
And now you’re here
But you're not there

Whiskey whispers on his breath
His silence feels like a kind of death
I scream my questions
But they fall flat
He's somewhere else
Not where I’m at

The sunrise hits
It cuts like glass
I’m losing you to every glass

You fade like smoke,
You blur like sound,
A ghost that walks,
But never turns around.
Your shadow lingers
In the shape of my bed
You’re half-alive,
And half of me’s dead.

And now the light crawls through the blinds,
The truth hits harder every time.
I reach for you, but there’s nothing there
Just the ghost of 5AM
And empty air.

GHOST

Poetry to song - this was based off a short poem that grew into this semi serenade plea. That declaration that no one really heres.

Original poem ... by Ricky White:

I fear the possibility of heartbreak
The pain of falling helplessly only to lose myself again,
Its haunts my dreams and clouds my decisions

So I walk beside you cautiously
Opening slightly, letting you see glimpses of me
Like sunshine leaving for the day I set slowly. 

GHOST

Ricky D White

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