Unwelcome visitor

poem

 

 

 

Unwelcome Visitor.

 

Begone sad ghost why dost thou bother me.

I knew thee not whilst living thou drew breath.

Nor do I wish to know thee after death.

Why dost thou visit me so frequently?

What is that thou hopest to gain from me?

Unlike the other dead who slumber peacefully.

Under the stone which they must lie beneath.

What wantest thou with me; I know thee not,

 nor do I want thy ghostly company.

If once I knew thee I have forgot

Begone sad ghost thou dost not frighten me.

 Go now there is no welcome here for thee.

 

9-Sep-08

 

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[Emily B]

Nameless
A Poem by Emily Burns


Your icy breath brushes my neck
on summer days when no one sees.
I doubt that you ever
belonged to me.
I don't recognize your spirit.

Tell me
what it is you want
and maybe I can set you free.

It was the oddest feeling. Reading your words this morning, they felt so much like my own that I had to bring them here to compare.