Static Between Us

You hand me words
But they don't land
Like echoes
Trapped in static

We speak like strangers
Wearing skin we used to know
But don't believe in

I reach for you
But my hands
Feel like ghosts
You're beside me
But miles away

There's static between us
And I don't think it clears
I used to feel you in every breath
Now I choke on quiet years
We're touching
But never close
Talking
But never heard

We move like memory
Not meaning
Like habit learned from better days
I smile for peace but it feels rehearsed
Like mourning without a grave

You used to see me
In color
Now I'm just
Background noise

There's static between us
And I don't think it clears
I used to feel you in every breath
Now I choke on quiet years
We're touching
But never close
Talking
But never heard

I scream inside
But the frequency's wrong
You don't hear it
You don't ask

There's static between us
Like ghosts on opposite ends
I loved you loud
But you answered
Like static
And that's how we died