Oh I saw the ghost <br />lurking in your eyes <br />haunting you <br />with its grief <br /> <br />a waterfall <br />between the world & yourself. <br />I kissed your eyelids <br />& all the lost silences. <br /> <br />Oh I saw the ghost <br />hiding in your eyes <br />cradling its brokeness <br />a mirror <br />between the world & yourself. <br /> <br />I kissed your lips <br />and all that could not be said. <br />Sometimes the ghost would leave <br />but only hide <br />in the sunlight & leaves <br /> <br />before returning to <br />the empty rooms <br />of your eyes. <br />Oh I saw the ghost <br />looking out of your eyes <br /> <br />offering nothing <br />but itself <br />the tears you cry <br />always this pain <br />between the world & yourself. <br />I kissed your tears <br />thinking I... <br />...but I couldn't! <br />The ghost laughs <br />...you cry,<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/but-i-couldn-t-do-it-by-myself/
