Ghost Story

I watch the western sky
The sun is sinking
The geese are flying south
It sets me thinkingI did not miss you much
I did not suffer
What did not kill me Just made me tougherI feel the winter come
His icy sinews,
Now in the firelight
The case continuesAnother night in court
The same old trial
The same old questions asked
The same denialThe shadows closing round
Like jury members
I look for answers in The fire’s embersWhy was I missing then
That whole December?
I give my usual line,
I don’t rememberAnother winter comes
His icy fingers creep
Into these bones of mine
These memories never sleep
And all these differences
A cloak I borrow
We kept our distances
Why should it follow that
I must have loved you? What is a force that binds the stars?
I wore this mask to hide my scars
What is the power that moves the tide?
Never could find a place to hideWhat moves the earth around the sun?
What could I do but run and run and run?
Afraid to love, afraid to fail
A mast without a sailThe moon’s a fingernail
And slowly sinking
Another day begins
And now I’m thinkingThat this is indifference
Was my invention
When everything I did
Sought your attentionYou were my compass star
You were my measure
You were a pirate’s map
Of buried treasureIf this was all correct
The last thing I’d expect
The prosecution rests
It’s time that I confessed
I must have loved you
I must have loved you