Ditch the lamp, keep the fireplace glow
The dark shape learns to trace you slow
Bare feet on the icy wood
Like walking where your last kiss stood
An old song on the radio
Don't need the words just need the flow
I lift my arm, your hand should meet
But air folds back, my own shoulder greets
I'm dancing with my ghost tonight
So close but just a trick of light
I spin, you tilt across the floor
I stop, you shatter moon no more
I'm dancing with my shadow's lie
You once were real now I know why
The lamp comes on, you disappear
Since you left, lonely comes in twos right here
The neighbors think I dance alone
A made-up duet I've overgrown
But some steps need two wrong feet
To carve a wound that still can beat
The cruel part isn't that you're gone
It's closing my eyes you're more alive than dawn
Fifteen centimeters to my right
Your breath still moves the hair in the night
I'm dancing with my ghost tonight
So close but just a trick of light
I spin, you tilt across the floor
I stop, you shatter moon no more
Once I stepped on my own shade
Laughed forgot you can't feel pain
Now you're quieter, better, tame
The perfect ghost that never leaves a name
Last dance I leave the room unlit
Shadow on the wall I call it "you, a bit"
Whisper: Night. Tomorrow again.
No reply but the fire flickers once. Amen.