Ghost

19 January 2022

***Long time no see. Everything in life has been hectic, in a good way of course. Sometimes anxiety has a tendency to be all-consuming and sometimes it ebbs and flows following its own rules. Now that there is a new year to be had I am attempting to reclaim my life from the grip of anxiety and throw myself into a routine and other healthy coping mechanisms. In any case, I will probably be posting my play that I wrote so keep an eye out for that. To preface this poem I wrote it as a song (no I do not sing) but the rhythm is meant to be faster so it might be weird reading it as a poem. Enjoy!

blood in my veins
and my memory is hazy 
but how can I remember now?
I found my true love 
but love wasn't around 
and the worst was yet to come 

and if you didn't need me 
then why did I leave
only to apologize

I feel lost and afraid 
sinking into space 
gravity can't pull me down 

I'm a ghost 
I disappear 
I reappear 
through the walls
and my tears 
and the noises in my head
give away all my fears 

I'm a ghost 
when you're up 
and I'm down 
and I feel like a clown 
silly when I'm sinking
deep into the ground 

but I'm not grounded
never grounded 
only ghostly invitations
trials and tribulations

I'm a ghost.

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