I Left You - Arthur Beatrice

Asleep, I saw us back in practice

Sharing glances across crowded rooms

Of letting one another know

That I’m here for you, should you need me

And then I woke with sudden skin around the eyes

Never been in so much pain as to realize

That I left you

Then you left me

And though you never knew

The daylight has never felt more cruel

You told me in a dream

You were tired of pretending

And I agreed

Though I’m still here way past the ending

Of how you wept down the phone

Like I did in the morning

How I had told you no

Been cold and firm

Back when you needed me

A sick thing to be

So hard on who you love

It’s all I deserve

Your memory can be good

But it can be unkind

May have you cut down in the middle of the night

Suffocates me as I sleep

Your words return

Though it’s a face I knew

It’s just a ghost I’m talking to

It grips my chest and pulls me up

Deep in those familiar arms

You turn your head and gently ask

«Who is it that’s haunting you?»