"You can't see the painting if you're in the painting, and I can't see the painting." -Paul Killebrew, from Flowers

Nothing Wrong Here

I’m in close proximity

with maybe ghosts

like shadows you can barely see

and they all breath softly

down my neck

they tell me things like

nice weather we’re having

or

they have good sandwiches here

but I know they don’t

really mean those things

they don’t really care

for the weather

they don’t like

sandwiches particularly

what they really want

is me

and I’m afraid that I’ll

fall for one of their tricks

one day

and go for a stroll in the sun

or choose a sandwich here

and I'm afraid that I've stopped

being able to tell the difference