Ghosts - Leddra Chapman

I used to believe in ghosts

That somehow someone lost is always close

They would be invisible

They could spy on the boy next door and walk through walls

I would dream of the day when the world would prove there’s others here

I would make all of my imaginary friends appear

But in the living, I’m alone

I don’t feel any spirits with me in my home

No visits from the ones I miss the most

So I don’t believe in ghosts anymore

I used to believe in fate

That somehow someday things would go my way

All part of a grand design

Everything for a reason and its place in time

And the stars would align and my life would lead to better things

With the heart of a lion, trust in what the future brings

But in the moment I’m afraid

And the pain that I’ve seen won’t go away

And nothing seems to ever be explained

So I don’t believe in fate anymore

I used to believe in God (how naïve of me)

That somehow someone’s looking down on us

I would kneel at my bed & pray

Pretty please could you keep those monsters far away

I believed in the love of a magical divinity

I would reach to the clouds for comfort with humility

But no one seems to answer back (nobody's listening)

And the people I love have sufferered at his hands (he's taken them away)

And I don’t understand any of his plans

So I don’t believe in God anymore