Ghost In the Holds

To be a ghost in the holds
     of the place you become 
fully human, with beating heart
     and lungs not hollow for lack
To be alone in the arms
     of the one place you feel
alive, and full of love
     in sheets to warm the night.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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