I Was Never Here by John Ludi from Madison United States

from the al "obsolescence".


i was never here

after all this time i've become a ghost...empty vessel, discarded host.
the young don't notice the pale gray men, just as single-minded as i was then.

it's like i've disappeared, faded and unclear...maybe i was never here at all.

my ambitions are old and tattered. my desires no longer matter.
my great dreams all lay in dust...corroding in my heart of rust.

once a player upon the stage, now a footnote, a crumpled page.

everyone just looks right through me, everyone just walks on by.
it seems that now i'm just a phantom, a silent specter with empty eyes.

it's like i've disappeared, faded and unclear...maybe i was never here at all.

i'm a song that's almost completed. slings and arrows left me defeated.
every line but the last verse sung. i once was vital, once was young.

once a player upon the stage, now a footnote, a crumpled page.

everyone just looks right through me, everyone just walks on by.
it seems that now i'm just a phantom, a silent specter with empty eyes.

i'm still here, i .