How much strength does it take to become invisible?<\/p>\n
To blend into tacky wallpaper and stale conversation?<\/p>\n
To be consumed by the deafening silence that seeps into every molecule, every atom, the very nucleus of your existence?<\/p>\n
How much energy does it take to scream into a crowded room where no one looks up or bats an eye?<\/p>\n
I saw Chicago and Mr. Cellophane became my anthem<\/p>\n
I wrapped myself in Reynold’s wrap until I suffocated my own voice<\/p>\n
How much force do you need to generate to have someone walk right through you?<\/p>\n
You see, to me ghosts are merely memories, stuck on replay<\/p>\n
Over and over and over<\/p>\n
Trying to get it right<\/p>\n
To walk through me makes me a ghost<\/p>\n
Am I a memory? Am I stuck on repeat?<\/p>\n
How hard do you need to push a needle to unskip a record?<\/p>\n
I don’t like the soundtrack of my life<\/p>\n
Fast forward-fast forward-fast forward<\/p>\n
Until it is all a blur<\/p>\n
Until I am invisible<\/p>\n
Until I am closed into your mind like a whisper, a dream that my have been a memory but now you’ve forgotten<\/p>\n
Whether I am dream or reality<\/p>\n
Don’t worry, I have the same problem all the time<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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