Ghost of One's Past

It was dark-
darker than a 1am morning,
the rusted leaves were following the wind and some were slightly rustling,
here a lonely owl hoo's, and there echoes a sound of another trodden leaf,
the moon is full but yet the pitch night is the booming light's true thief,
the cold cuts through skin like an edged dagger,
and the obscure surroundings make your dazed feet stagger.

The wooden door flies open under the howling wind's mercy,
and my steps are lead by the haunted house's luring mystery.
The wood loudly cracks with each alarming step inside,
while this abandoned menage of unseen presences offers you no place to hide.
I hear the whisper of non-existent voices in the distance,
but suddenly 
my ears were flooded with the sound of a single wooden crack;
I was fully aware of its existence.

I got lost in a moulded house filled with monsters of the unknown;
Welcome to the Ghost House of one's past,
and beware:
memories are ghosts that never leave you alone.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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January 18, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Have a blessed New Year.
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June 26, 2016 at 12:02 AM
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June 25, 2016 at 9:54 PM
Aura,, Welcome to Poetry Soup. It will be a delight to read and become familiar with your poems in the future. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile others passed when I first joined the soup. Wishing you and your poetry the best. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here STARTING with me- SKAT :) Drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs **YNR - SKAT**
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June 24, 2016 at 3:24 PM
Nice first post, Aura, you're going to love it here 'aws'. Hope to see you happy hunting and flourishing among this awesome community of just not one. Hugs. SKAT
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June 24, 2016 at 2:19 PM
how true that memories continue to haunt us, though they may be just the "unseen presence" of "non-existent voices" that follow you all through your life.
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