touched by a ghost

i had moved from the bedroom a few nights earlier i knew i wasn't escaping the giant red spider made of neon or the spirit that awakened me by slipping into the other side of my bed or the whispers just before fading off no, i wasn't escaping at all and on this night i was made aware of this fact overtly first the hair on the arm then the awareness the clarity and cognizant knowledge of someone else next to me have you ever touched a low voltage fence that surround livestock or horses imagine a finger with that voltage touching your ankle then your knee before ending at your wrist this was no nervous twitch no dream state imagined psychotic episode this was my spirit friend telling me you cannot run you cannot hide and you can no longer deny my presence this is my home and you are my guest now sleep tight

Deckard

I began writing poetry when I was a teenager and it truly saved me from a destructive path. 'Time Heals' will be on my grave stone'. I have 3 incredible kids who are the greatest gifts that God has given me. If I have advice to give to aspiring...

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