when we broke,
when it didn't work
itself out,
i left the definition,
the labels that you
constrained me in,
and you kept to
that i left
even when, i said and knew, i
was still there all along.
when i was still the same man.

dangling in front of your face
hidden in plain sight
the same love i had gave
under new names.
you felt none of my gaze,
the heaven's light never
ceased,
i was just the ghost
trying to gift you a way
to the key
of your own head-maze.