Common Ghost - fossil youth

I watched the smoke rise from your backyard

I watched you cut that oak tree down

A burning sensation lit my lungs

As we watched the embers hit the ground

Where did we go wrong

When did we go numb

I wish I was a whisper in the wind

Maybe then you’d be listening

And then I wondered what I’d have to do

To get out of this situation to cut out all sense of hesitation

To put a nail in the coffin and bury me in the dirt

Silence stirs like scissor tongues that cut our lips with every word

Some days I wish we didn’t speak

Every night I lay awake

You’re my common ghost