Vanishing Twin

When you were young you felt so old
Held a lifetime in your bones
Spent your years wishing you could disappear
Like breathe on the bedroom mirror
Phantom limb, Vanishing Twin
In a room without a view
You forget what you never knew
But you never leave it all behind
Memory and the muscle binds?
Phantom limb, Vanishing Twin
When you’re grown never leave your home
Papa comes when you close your eyes?
Swim silent through a sea of sound
Never to be found
Phantom limb, Vanishing Twin
If you could, you would flip that switch
If you could, you would flick your wrist
Cross your fingers, in that trick?
See the one who ceased to exist
To be a ghost, a relic, an apparition
A figment of the imagination
To walk the halls, to walk through walls
To disappear, never to be seen again