Particles - Josh Pyke

You’re the ghost

And I know it

And you must have been working hard

To have avoided me so far

Of all the walls

You’ve been walking through

And right across

The frame

Of sepia coloured day

Sometimes combinations fade

When a correlation gets made

Under the skin of everything

The particles keep shattering

Remaining here

Long after bodies vanish

In between the lines of text

Unlocking purpose from a vessel

That we’d barely thought about before

I’m writing lists

I’m learning about

The ways the mind can miss the signs

Ignore the itch inside the eye

So put your shoes back on

Put your face into the wind

And run

But don’t try to find

Beyond behind you

It will only pass you by

When you try to see beyond it

It’s the itch inside your eye

Under the skin of everything

The particles keep shattering

There’s an energy

Remaining here

Long after bodies vanish

By the secrets of St. Augustine

My future ashes scattering

She’s the energy remaining here

Long after bodies vanish