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The Ghost Train

Sleep perennial echos that haunt my silent grieving that ties me to your side forever take me back a lifetime to before when I willingly drowned in my own self pity as a parody of the man I once never was, that place where I was happiest the instant that was the ghost train where that moment, my moment, sustained my want.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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Date: 10/11/2018 7:49:00 PM
Beautifully written
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Date: 7/28/2018 7:15:00 AM
Hi Paul, lovely! very well written :-)
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Date: 7/28/2018 4:56:00 AM
"as a parody of the man I once never was," - the honesty of this line made me smile so big! Wow! You have made your poem vulnerable and sweet.
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Date: 7/28/2018 4:45:00 AM
Paul, I love the poetic longing for the good ole days in your terrific write!
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