RoseAnn V. Shawiak Ghosts Poems

11: 01 a.m.
My heart is filled with ghosts of love that filled it
once upon a time, now all have become just disappearing
ghosts of death's embrace.
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Sitting here amid ghosts of time, watching them roam around,
looking for what they have lost.

Past memories looming in their minds, each one wanting to
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Memories like ghosts haunting and teasing emotions
and feelings.

Eliciting tears and heartfelt loneliness, cradling
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Somber attitudes lying on outskirts of consciousness,
raking coals of deadened ghosts, trying to revive them.
Wanting to see what is missing without their presence
in dances of life.
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Pulling up from the deepest part of me - shadows of memories
vaguely appear, but only momentarily.

Trying to focus in seems to be impossible - memories float
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My heart is filled with ghosts of love that were
mine once upon a time, now all have become just
disappearing ghosts of death's embrace.
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Realizations dying within the reality of another moment that
is being lived without you, my dear, going home time after
time to a house that is no longer a home now that you're gone.
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Looking in hidden shadows for a love that could be both
wonderful and unconditionally just for this poet, having
missed something that would've given love and fidelity in
this lonely human life.
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Ghosts of past singers falling out into the atmosphere,
creating images and imagery once again in remembrance
of the beautiful flow of music.
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Silhouettes of ghosts passing through hallways of my
mind, touching on times we've had together in the
past.
No longer able to traverse our beautiful paths
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Stars standing out upon stages of rehearsals and songs,
emptying hearts and refilling them with joyous memories
for these few moments today.
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Night ghosts roam around desert gardens, botanical in nature,
searching for descriptions left in cacti and aloe vera.
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