ghost in the hollows
stone walls confining spirit
rise up to pass on
Tag: ghosts
Nightmares ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #254
I see the ghost
Of who I once was
And the ghost
Of who I hoped to be
I awaken
To the phantom
That is who I have become
Ghosts ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #92
Along the paths I travel
Some recorded, for all time
And others a shadow memory
Each a fleeting moment
Seen in the context
Of another realm
And none too clearly
What they are
Where they are
Who they are
Preconceptions projected
Upon an object
Obscuring the features
Of the object
The Ghosts I’ve Left Behind
Geographically
Professionally
Personally
Emotionally
I’ve stopped, from time to time
To look back and count
All the ghosts I’ve Left Behind
I’ve wondered, too
Is this the nature of travel
Or the nature of me
Improbable Things
Compel my imagination
Beyond known bounds
For what mindless thing
Of improbability
And random chance
Flutters and floats
Against ocean currents
Trailing feathery death
From gelatinous glass
Such splendid beauty and malice
In this ghost of the sea
Icicle
Nudge
Nudge the icicle
Just a little…
A little harder
With all my subtle energy
Nudge
Creaking
Nudge
Crack
Darkness Falls Upon the Forest
The forest’s verdant peace
Vibrant colour fails
Songs of life receding
As darkness falls
Lofty boughs become
Gnarled trunk’s
Twisted branches, grasping
The dead who made the shore
Tossed by the wind, adrift
With her sails all torn
The great tall ship
Her tiller shorn
She broke her back
Upon the stone