I lie in the shadows of cities
A ghost in the roads
A vampire\'s reflection
I am the roots of a tree
Buried deep in the cold
Trickling farther down
I am the salt in the water
That runs like veins through the world
I am heat in the air
That whispers and curls
I am the unseen universe
The silence before each breath
And the life after death
Which holds up the stars,
The darkness between,
And the weight of the world