From: sienna@yabbs
To: all@yabbs
Subject: Ghost of Love
Date: Fri Jun 24 12:20:02 1994

This is a poem that I wrote a few years ago about an ex-boyfriend....I am 
including it in the book I am currently working on getting published. 
Comments are appreciated.


Ghost of Love

Loving you is like
A wave upon the
Rocky beach, and a 
Piercing thorn in my 
Side; leaves me stranded,
Out of reach, lost in
The jaws of the tide.
And i reach for you,
But you are not there.
i felt the promise
Behind the mirror.
Where have you gone, so
Far away from me?
i reach for you, but
The ghost of love long
Dead escapes from me;
Echoes of a summer
Long lost inside hate.

You are living in
Consecrated lies.
i gather the seeds
Of vast betrayal.
Where have you gone? You
Left me when the tide
Came for me again.

Where are you now that
Those who know you see
You for what you are?

A rock crashing down 
Upon my head; i
heard you whisper in
Your heart; you wish it
Was dead; and so do
i, since i am dead
To you now because 
Our love died. It fell
Stagnant, through and through.

And the corpse that's left
Behind begins to
Rot away; as i
Hear you pray falsely.
Where have you gone, the
Boy i used to know
Well? Where are you now?
The taunting sky, it
Won't tell; and i look
For you, but only
See the ghost of love
Long dead before me.

Ghosts of love and hate.



Well, that was pretty intense, but what can I say? Betrayal does that to a 
girl.......*sigh* Okay, people, I need some feedback!

I hope you enjoy it.

Dee