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Buzzygirl
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since 1999-09-11
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St. Paul, MN USA

0 posted 1999-09-12 02:33 PM


GHOSTS

I’ve been known to be afraid of ghosts
even though I don’t believe
in bogeymen and unseen hosts
Good sense at times takes leave

I can conjur up an army to fight
a mock battle against their force;
but when daylight dissolves the feral night
they return thence to their source

I can’t believe they live inside me
For I didn’t give them permission
to set up their domicile here
they paid their own admission

They come and go as they please
they’re wary of my waking
they taunt, bray and often tease
Their playground’s of my making

Perhaps we all have spectres
lying in wait, they hide
they live on what-ifs and maybes;
they find sustenance inside

If we pause to gain translation
for the quiet voices we hear
We learn of how they’re born and grow
These progeny of fear

I know that we’ve all given them shelter
but I’ll plead for their eviction
and banish them to caves of memory
I’ll pledge this as conviction

How good are we at conquering
that which we’re loathe to face?
and how can we approach the battleground
if we cannot find the place?

I won’t believe in phantoms:
I can’t know of things unseen
my approach to their shadowed dimension
leaves me hanging in between
between waking and sleeping moments
between the sighted and the blind
between knowing and not knowing
how I might best their kind

Should someone come along looking for them
I’ve pushed them out the door
look elsewhere if you want to find them;
they don’t live here anymore

August 1999


© Copyright 1999 Buzzygirl - All Rights Reserved
Denise
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1 posted 1999-09-12 02:43 PM


Wow! This is great! I enjoyed reading this one too! You are quite the talented one, aren't you?!

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Denise

Buzzygirl
Junior Member
since 1999-09-11
Posts 42
St. Paul, MN USA
2 posted 1999-09-12 02:55 PM


Thank you for your encouragement and words of praise for my writing. I've been writing for a long time, but haven't shown any of my work to anyone save a couple of close friends. I am so buoyed up by the kind words I've received thus far and I am thoroughly enjoying the other poet's work that I'm reading here too. Thanks again for your words of encouragement, and I'm so happy I've found this place! - Jackie (Buzzygirl)
caroline
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3 posted 1999-09-12 04:35 PM


Jackie you are really talented! I took to this poem right away...I've been enjoying the work you've posted here. Know you are welcome, and this place is home!

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Pepper
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since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079
Southern Florida
4 posted 1999-09-12 04:36 PM


we are glad you found your way here too.....another enjoyable read....

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May your days be filled with lots of sunshine and your nights lit up by golden moonbeams

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