Between Here and There
A ghost jumps out, assembling
itself word by word as it begins
to take on what seems familiar.
You can almost feel it crawling
into your skin, infiltrating
your brain as if it knows the way
around even your secrets.
It's a past you, locked behind
the lines of a poem written years ago
that your eyes have just let out.
You make room, greet him
as a friend coming home
after being away for so long.
He seems unsure, unwilling
to let go of something fragile
hidden under the shadow of a line
laid down half a lifetime ago.
You tell him that you still
have a place for it, somewhere
safe, setting it free each evening
to take wing and fly
the circuit between
here and there
before coming back.
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