I Swear

 

I swear

I saw someone

Walking

Slowly

Beside me.

I could feel

The heat

They gave off

And the ends of

My hair

Brushed their shoulder

And tickled

Their skin.

I could see them

Though their face

A blur

But I did see

The figure

The shape

So clearly.

I swear

I talked to

Someone.

It was deep

And

Scary.

I cried

But they brushed

My tears

Away.

I swear

That the person

Was in the room

I know

Was abandoned.

I saw them

Hunched over

Working.

I entered the room

Quietly

Not wanting

Of course

To disturb

The

Work

But the person

Looked up

And

Smiled at me

And sat

Me

Down

Undisturbed.

That person

I know cannot exist

And I know

That

No one else

Knows

That they’re there.

And as the

Injections

Become more

Frequent

And the colors

Fade to white

I know

That what I did

Must have been

Wrong.

Now

The person is

Slipping away

And after each

Dream

I wake up

To

Stillness.

The person visited

Me

Once

In this new place

I was in.

They smiled

The smile I knew

So well

And they told me

That they were leaving.

They vanished

Without walking.

Just vanished.

Lights are shining

In my

Eyes

And murmurs

Are apparent

But I don’t respond.

I never respond

Again.