Lines and pictures,
2-D dreams,
to lock outside
unwanted scenes.

She knows she has forgotten;
what, she isn't sure.
An apple's heart, no, not rotten -
but with a worm to endure.

A fear outside of time,
a ghost outside her gate,
suspicion of a crime...
help that came too late.

We all have our bit of peace,
and we have our ghosts too.
She knows; she will not cease
her own bit of quiet to pursue.

And she stares direct at flickering lights
and she sleeps in peace - most nights.