Photo Flash: Ghost
November 10, 2010
This set of five gogyohka (a poem in five lines) was inspired by the image. I live-tweeted it starting only with the first two lines in my head. -M
Ghost
The problem with being a ghost
is that you forget things.
I follow her
from place to place,
but I don’t know why.
What was I to her?
Stranger? Friend? Lover?
Ah, that last one
If I still had bones
I’d feel it there.
I stay by her because…
because I miss her
because she misses me
because we won’t, can’t
let each other go.
She turns to me
to the shadows
where I am and am not.
She remembers
and so I remember.
She calls for me
and turns away.
I reach for her
almost touching.
If only I… were.
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Wow, that was absolutely…gorgeous, heart-rending, bittersweet, and so, so well done.
*sniffles*
wow.
nilla
Thanks very much. The image is both sexy and spooky – not inherently sad. But after the first two lines, I began to see it differently.
You follow her because you have a soul connection…. that renders you unaware of her specific calling & charms. More specifically, you are spellbound when she is near.
How is that Razzmataz for flamboyance?
xo
Mems
I think that may well be true. Thanks, Meme.
What a bitterweet introduction to a gogyohka! Had never heard of this style before.