gets asked

from time to time

& all i can say

is yeah

i got ghosts

people who came

left me behind

places i can’t go

without them

coming to mind

is that not enough?

& they laugh

oh you you romantic fool

we meant

as you well know

the other kind

ones that

make places cold

strange sounds

deep in the night

give you shivers

yes those ones

that i get all the time