ghost heart 

you have been living 
with my ghost. 

the rest of me is gone,
wisp’d way by grief. 

all that’s left here 
are remnants 
hanging in the air 
,
words not said 
old smoke rings 
and other barely there things. 

::

In April, we poem.

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1 Response to ghost heart 

  1. Misky says:

    That last stanza took my breath away.

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