i'm so perfectly afraid
and hopelessly lost
and  i don't know
what i am anymore.
i don't know if i'm
a child's fear of the dark
or  if i'm a stranger
on the streets.
i used to get looked at
like i was magic, or something
but not so much anymore.
i used to think i was magic,
but not so much now.
i am a mountain pass,
long abandoned,
empty
i hold my voice inside of it
in hopes that someone
hears the echo
on the other side