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The Ghost in the Heart
Haunted by the ghost of someone you used to love
Fifteen years and the burn still itches
Haunted by the thought of her voice
You the stray puppy
She the final word on love
Why does it still hurt?
Fifteen years and the burn still itches
It’s a self-inflicted pain
To want the one that will never want you
It drives the hands to write
To paint
To sculpt
Keeps the mind awake
With questions
Wars were waged to forget
The ghosts of rejected love
If love was never rejected
There would be no art
There is always someone better
Than the one you’d kill for
Published 12th May 2024
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12th May 2024 10:29am
13th May 2024 9:36pm
Thanks,
I am hanging in there.
I am writing a novel ATM.
Hope you are well.
James
I am hanging in there.
I am writing a novel ATM.
Hope you are well.
James
14th May 2024 1:49am
12th May 2024 10:45am
Well penned James
Know your feeling well
Art will save your day like it saves mine.
Love is still around every corner ...
Know your feeling well
Art will save your day like it saves mine.
Love is still around every corner ...
13th May 2024 9:38pm
Thanks,
I agree art is the only thing I can rely on.
Love is a mystery even after a third of a century.
Regards
James
I agree art is the only thing I can rely on.
Love is a mystery even after a third of a century.
Regards
James
12th May 2024 5:20pm
13th May 2024 9:41pm
Thanks,
i think its healthy to use sadness as an inspiration.
Regards
James
i think its healthy to use sadness as an inspiration.
Regards
James
13th Jun 2024 2:16am
Powerful, compelling and all too relatable. Fifteen years. Fifty Years. Fifteen lifetimes. The burn never dissipates or stops itching in wounds that never fully heal. Love the lines
"If love was never rejected / There would be no art". Indeed. Nicely done!
"If love was never rejected / There would be no art". Indeed. Nicely done!
16th Jun 2024 1:01am
Thanks.
Yeah sometimes it just hits you and the same feelings you buried resurface.
Regards
James
Yeah sometimes it just hits you and the same feelings you buried resurface.
Regards
James
