My Home

Golden hues dance across the waves
Shimmering and twirling, a visual delight
Red, gold and orange boldly displayed
As laughter fills the air, I know peace

A wonderland of sights and sounds
A kaleidoscope of cascading colors
Swirling and twirling around me
But each touch burns my skin

I reach over to stroke your hair
But my hand passes through you
Everything is gone and erased
Only the shadows remain, faint reminders

My eyes flicker open to blackness
The shade slowly descending from the skies
Heaven weeps and delivers its woes to me
The rain burning as it kisses my skin

Is this Hell?  Is this what I've become?
Just a shade, a shadow moving among people
No one noticing, everyone passing through me
My life a joke, the stars laughing down on me

I slink along the walls
Watching the lights move around me
I stay to the shadows where I'm safe
Away from the light, such searing pain

I glide down familiar halls
Trailing above the hardwood floors
I breathe in the aroma of my home
This castle that is now my tomb