I watched the ghosts of people walk around me, Pieces of what they used to be, Memories scattered around, Hearts broken and stamped on in the crowd of the world. I watched them slip away into the emptiness, One by one as they turned, And walked away, not once looking back, As they faded into the twilight world of illusions. I heard the echoes that day, Of sounds that no longer existed, Of love so rare that it seemed forbidden, I looked up at the haunting night sky, Street lights illuminating in the dark, As a deathly hush fell over the entire city, I drowned in the labyrinth of memories once again, Surrounded by a mist of, Shadows aching to be real once more.