ghosts
Ghosts.
I knew of a man who believed in ghosts
but he didn’t believe in resurrection,
he believed in dying as an end of all activity
that was conscious.
But he thought that some people left their mark
on things they had cherished, bend the wood to his will
when stroking his fingers on the table to make it polished,
he leaves behind part of his being.
so when you hear a murmur, it is left behind by voices
someone walking in a hall on the way to the garden,
the thought of the beauty they were going to see were
felt by walls, halls, and old paintings.
Ghosts are the residue of feelings left behind by truly holy people
amongst us those who believe in the beauty
and the use of nature and a true sense of the mysterious
that surrounds us.
Copyright © Jan Hansen | Year Posted 2025
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