Shoeless

I burned my shoes running from my demons. I knew I couldn't hide from them forever. In my room I would hear them scratching the walls. My friends could hear them too. The good ones. They saw every move I made. The devil saw it too. He saw me bathing in the river of purity and knew it wouldn't be enough. But then you came. You saw me. The real me. Innocent. I fell in love with you thinking you were a ghost. I tried not to. But it happened anyway.