Ghosts

I take your pain and your loneliness 

I hold it close

Wish it could fracture into a million pieces

With the pressure of my embrace

But it won’t

You whisper in my ear

And I think about the ghosts

Of my past

The ones I’ve been running from

Since as far back as I can remember

Try and forget but I can’t

Can’t run forever

I wear my guilt like a shroud

Kick the dirt

Bury me in it