There was a time,
When I was a ghost living amongst people,
There was a time,
When silence was the only language I could speak in,

There was a time, a very long time ago,
When I would tremble in people’s presence,
Words never seemed pass beyond my lips,
All it takes is another person, and my stomach would do flips,
And just like that, I felt like I was in a dark room,
The loneliness consuming me, this room slowly closing in,
I would have been happy, with no one around me,
Only if I didn’t feel so claustrophobic,

As my head was full of thoughts I couldn’t express,
My heart so heavy with the bottled up feelings,
My sanity was on the brink of extinction,
But revived when you were placed onto my hands,

I still...