Haunt

Like a shadow in the darkness, I am hidden from your view
Like rocks upon the ocean floor, concealed beneath the blue
A dawn of red flutters gently through a vibrant indigo sky
A tint of yellow, a deeper red, upon these beds of rye
But I’m not there, not in the clouds nor in the rye
I exist solely in, your poor troubled eyes
The sun litters gold onto the lush valleys below
While the birds start to sing and the winds start to blow
A trickle, a wave, then begins in the meadow
The birds stop their singing, and the winds start to slow
This break in the silence, makes your whole body shiver
Like a dip in a pond or even in a cold river
You sense my presence yet somehow you can’t see me
You look all around, while you yell, beg, and plead me
A tear drop escapes as you stare to your side
Your hands cover your face, the tears that they hide
To keep them from looking, because your heart knows…. I’ve died