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Haunted Words

[/font] (See if you can find the ghost in the poem - clue - its a poem within a poem)

Your
words haunt me

[/font] Their
promises echoing down corridors

[/font] Crunching
underfoot like broken glass

[/font] Leaving
red wounds on unprotected skin

[/font] Blood
stained syntax is irremovable

[/font] Seeping
through to unused diary pages

[/font] Why won�t you whisper louder?

[/font] Verbs
are vibrating in the silence

[/font] The
sound of my pulse rushing in my ears

[/font] I
catch a glimpse of consonants clinging to cobwebs

[/font] Syllables
singing like sirens scratching themselves into the walls

[/font] A
sigh a silhouette of a noun, lips mouthing a name

[/font] Lamented
letters lingering in lonely corridors

[/font] Without
weight they are a hush

[/font] A
brush of breathless wind

[/font] But
shush...

[/font] Your
words are only ghosts to me.
[/font]

Read again but this time read only the first word of each line... Done it ?

Did you find my poem within a poem? No here it is

[/font]Your Words

[/font]Their Promises Crunching Underfoot

[/font]Leaving Red Blood Seeping Through

[/font]Why? Verbs Are The Sound

[/font]I Catch Syllables Singing A Sigh

[/font]Lamented Letters Without Weight

[/font]A Brush But Shush YourWords

[/font]See each capital letter is the begginning of a line in the first poem.

Written by RWhitewings

(Gladys Rae)

Published 7th Jan 2011

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notapeot (notapoet)

7th Jan 2011 10:08pm

Gladys. I like the idea. The clue is one thing, but giving the answer leaves us nothing to do.
Good in any case.

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RWhitewings (Gladys Rae)

8th Jan 2011 7:08pm

Thank you :) Do you really think I'm giving away too much I guess I underestimate peoples ability to understand but maybe I'll change it so it's more challenging. Thank you very much.