Phantom Limb

Like the merest hint of a stillborn twin
 You pushed into a memory
 Broke what I had been, tore my molted skin
 With your gentle phantom limb
 There's another place made of veins and vine
 Where I pull you hard against me
 And I'm interlaced, and I'm intertwined
 In your steady phantom limb
 How we must glow
 Yes, I bet we look like snow
 I can see it well almost
 Like a camera sees a ghost
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 There's no fingerprint, but there's no mistake
 You were here when I was empty
 And I twist and flinch, and I double take
 When I feel your phantom limb
 Like the merest hint of a stillborn twin
 You burned into my memory
 Broke what I had been, tore my molted skin
 With your fatal phantom limb
 And I am not here
 No, I was never here
 This I whisper in your ear
 How we must glow
 Yes, I bet we look like snow
 I can see it, well almost
 Like a camera sees a ghost
 And how we must shine
 In our moment after time
 I can all but hear the chimes
 They are long and loud and slow
 I can feel your phantom limb
 Yes, you hold me from within
 I can see you clear and close
 Like a camera sees a ghost