The Ghost Of What Once Was.. Poem by Evelyn Castillo

We were so alike
Completely in sync

Now that time's passed by
Our thoughts have changed

Used to talk for long hours
Now talking is rare

In silence I'm sitting
Nothing to say

At first I would talk,
It seemed not to end

We finished our phrases
So funny it seemed

Our minds so connected
Like reading a screen

Now i don't know you
A stranger you are

Your interests have changed
Ans so have mine

In silence together
Lonely we are

No matter the hours
That we spend near by

There's nothing to say
Words have ran out

We speak a few words
But nothing too long

You can talk with your team mates
You can talk with your friends

You're all still so similar
But 'we' are not the same

We've grown apart
It's sad, but it's true

It hurts me so bad
No conversation for two

You talk about this..
I can't relate

I'm lost in your words
They make no sense

Your words, they have changed
As a new language, that i can't understand

I feel so confused
In the confusion I'm lost

Not knowing makes me wander
Makes me look away now

I've looked away and found loneliness
My real friend, the one that can't leave me

It's there when I'm left

My only choice when I'm alone
When you're away and you're not home

You're at your meets, you're at your runs
I stay at home and hope you call

I look so crazed, so desperate too
Just wait for you, for your return

I wait for you,
Who no longer talks

A conversation we can't hold
Words slip away, so slowly

We're like too floating bodies
We meet and we flow

We don't know each other
Just comfort from the past that we hold

The past was sweet and it was a luxury
We don't want to forget, so we hold on

As if I'm your souvenir of happy times
And you're the photograph on my wall that reminds me of why i used to smile

My smile is gone,
You're happiness with me has seemed to come to an end

It's no longer me that you want
You're interest is dead

I'm the ghost in your life
I roam all around you

But a simple ghost I've become
Invisible in your life, and I'm fading out

Soon I'll be gone
My image will be bleak

I'll no longer speak
I'll no longer be

I'll be gone
Out of your life

With new people you meet
You'll be able to talk

They'll speak the same language
The same interests they'll have

And I'll be dead in my grave
With memories that faded too fast..