chilled

does this shadow smile softly,

while holding a dagger for my heart.

or has it come to warn me?,

of a future that's so ever dark.

I try to scream as if you would hear,

but all that spills from my cold numb lips,

is a mist of visible breath, and dripping tears.

by frantic heart beats and wildly skips.

i scream in silence paralized in fright,

if only this phantom were my friend,

i wouldn't try to turn on the lights,

leave me now ghost and return not again.