Spiral Staircase

Like a spiral staircase she stands in the corner of my mind

Silently

And everyone was there

You were there and I was there

And the sun shone so determined

It tarnished our skin

And we can no longer pass as ghosts

We shook like trees

All in a row

As we stared up at the luscious throat of this raw summer

And none of us faltered

We let ourselves be kissed

Our backs, our necks, our shoulders

Until the dark took over

To lick us clean

And we can no longer pass for ghosts

And I became you

And you became her

’Til it no longer mattered

Where we came from

Or how we got here

We have always been here

And we can no longer pass as ghosts

We have always been the static

We have always been the sea

We have always been screamin’

Been screamin’, been screamin’

Been screamin’

Silently