do you even care anymore
when you pull me close?
do you desire the flame within
or am i already burnt out?
tell me what you're thinking
or tell me what you dare
i'm listening for awhile
you won't have to shout

my ghost is screaming
my body, dying for you
my ashes have been stomped upon
and laid to rest
soaken embers lay at your feet
you know you can't handle me
but you know i'm too far gone
and so you slept

(c) 2000 Krissi M.

where has all the smoke gone
you took away what i had,
gave in to temptation
or made it give in to you
took away my spirit
and left me a ghost
threw my pearl back to me
when i had none to give you

and despite the silence
i hear you scream
a singsong voice says
you don't care
and my reply as always
comes back just as loud,
the sound of a thousand voices
saying nothing's there

ps. this is called jupiter and the insomniac for two reasons... a. being that tori amos, in hey jupiter, wrote a line which i tried to echo, and the imagery i'm trying to conjure to mind is from what Lisa Loeb conjures in my mind in do you sleep? which at the end i tried to echo, and if you don't see it, tough!