Passing Through the Ghost

The sun also rises
Papa knew it well
Shotguns and chandeliers

The sun also sets

The highway was salvation
Holy wedding of one

The Legendary hitchhiker
Pronounced us
Man and wife

The passing of my love
Left a rumbling
Deep within

Hot stinging tears
Silenced pleas
To a vanquished
Aging heaven

My lover died
While I slept
Behind the wheel
It’s true

We never said goodbye

But I left a piece of flesh
For every year
We spent together

I have met many ghosts
Nameless
On the border
Great shimmering outlines
Leftovers
Of humanity

Never a moment
Where understanding
Left me meager

The ghost
Of sad wandering
Inherits solitary wind

Perhaps it will haunt
The empty miles
Roadside diner coffee

Bummed cigarettes
By madmen
Who lived amazing fables

Maybe it will come across
Old heroes of the pages
Swapping tales along

The faded boulevard

While waiting
For another soul
Searching for a voice

Moving through the midnight
Running from the loneliness
Grasping for an answer
Where none are ever found

Crying out in anguish
Wasted sound
Of shrouded nights

So let her sooth
Your beaten brow
And try to save your strength

The mistress of forever
Will hold your shaking hands
Upon the wheel

Witnessing eternity
Passing through the ghost