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Following Me-From the Inside

I try to escape
From you there's no place to hide
Following me inside

I rub my eyes twice
You walk through walls like a ghost
How do I let go?

Along comes silence
And the prison that that brings
Time to think of things

Got to get on home
Fell down the well beaten path
Fallout aftermath

If you can’t catch me
Don't just stand there, walk away
In cadence of gait

Sinners and saints
Struggles writhing in my head
Are you really dead?

All this in my head
Old and new batt’ling in dreams
Awake from what seems

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Anna Wakefield

Date: 10/15/2024 8:00:00 PM

Powerful. The pain is palpable. If this is derived from your own experience, then I am truly sorry for your loss. Excellent use of the Haiku format - it adds a kind of wordless finality to each stanza - almost like the experience is fragmented while trying to be whole. Well done.

Michael Ramel
Date: 11/1/2024 4:54:00 PM

It's autobiographical, also, I think we all feel this way when we experience loss. Thanks for your kind words Anna

Mystic Rose Rose

Date: 10/15/2024 6:15:00 PM

sometimes ghosts can feel quite real

Michael Ramel
Date: 11/1/2024 11:12:00 PM

Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: Job 4:15