The ghost

I saw him His body a very pale sea, almost green Soaring above me in a different sphere With gold wings He had a blissful expression One maybe he never had Certainly he was always smiling, somewhere When he died I had just gotten betrayed by a friend I thought was mine I forgave him Was more just said You live through any of it But what is the red shoulder we long to see I thought that I too would reach a great canyon My arms and legs blissed out Instead I blossomed inside Oh I loved his wife and children But they were still here with me When my father died he went straight up to heaven When the ghost died he stayed with us for a while I forgot to mention that the wings were gold and green And the winds were heavy They held his body Afloat in air as if in the ocean I forgot to say that when it was summer I too measured the red bell heads I said the hell with it All of it Heavy air will you hold me Suspended in the ocean of time Where I will never see you again My skin gold and green Sweet king, you left us I know it Dark is dark The darkness, darnit It surrounds With heavy air Arms and legs suspended The head