Haunted

this might be the worst piece of s**t I've writ in awhile

I passed through your ghost in the hall, just now.

It made me warm but gave me the chills

If you were here I'd kill you for leaving.

 

Twenty-four hours you stayed for,

and it took twenty-three and a half to meet you.

I scratched your arm to clean the stain off

You had lots of skin to spare.

 

Are you an act, a circus tent?

You're a mirror over a grave, aren't you?

I'm kneeling on you, boring into myself,

you cackle and tell me I'm bad,

and I know you are.

I can, you say, once you finish with me.

I wonder who's supposed to hurt when

you turn me to stone, and

I crack your illusion?

 

 

You're busy, or bored, or crazy, or young,

and I must have been really lucky, or stupid.

What, are you juggling, gorging, extracting?

Me too!

 

It's probably because you remind me of me.

Of course you wouldn't want me.

I don't.

 

I'm like your heroes, you know.

I'm like them.

You can't see it; you're too young or too stupid.

Or I am.

 

You're blurring, twisting and digesting.

I can't taste the sweat.

I can't forget.

Come back!

Let's get faded again,

That way we can pretend we never met.

I promise I won't waste you.

 

I'm chill.

Guess it's time to sweat it out.

Reviews

[Poonam Dhandhania]

Intense!!!! Deep emotions rising there!!

[Thaddius]

thanks you rock for reading it

[Confuser]

Thad: I liked it especially the beginning. Some very good lines in there and Haunted is a great title...the questions the narrator asks are interesting. What would I say to a ghost? Why would one being attracted to you. Metaphorically speaking, it could be someone, you once loved and now they're gone. Still grabbling hold of your thoughts. Interesting. Thank you so very much. Dale

[SleeplessVolcano]

You describe being haunted very well......contradictory emotions.....loving the moment.....hating it also.......very apt!

[Terry Collett]

Moving poem, well structured.