Thursday, October 3, 2024

Ghost-walking

It is fall and ghosts walk 

in the wind among fallen

leaves, mist, and fog more

easily than any other time

of the year -- the season 

of visitation of the dead:

people, desires, dreams, 

the what-if conclusions

never realized.  In any given

moment, a ghost can brush

a heart as it passes by.

That which never dies walks

upon the earth September, 

October, and November

and then the winter dreams.


-Byron Hoot

https://hootnhowlpoetry.com


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