APPARITION

There's a ghost that I talk to

who's alive & quite smart...

And he walks through the world

as it rips him apart...

He lives in a bar

& he dies every night...

He doesn't surrender

but he doesn't fight...

He's more than a whisper

of lust & of sex...

His is a story

that's simply complex...

With candlelight smiles

that enlighten the wanted...

And his ghostly tears

that frighten the haunted...

And that longing gaze,

so subtle, so errant...

He may be a ghost

but he is not transparent.

Written By Jason Wright

MAY 16, 2003

 - FOR DUANE -