Loving A Ghost

We all have online friends. But if they were seriously hurt or injured how would we know? Do we really know them at all?

 

When you look in the mirror

And hate what you see

When you’re crying a river

Because you can no longer bleed

 

When your heart starts to question

As you stare at the moon

When your eyes seem to open

And your rejection is entombed

 

Maybe you’ll remember

I was cold and afraid

Missing you daily

But your memory will not recall my name

 

Because one day my face will be gone

We will have lost touch over the years

And I will fail to remember

Why I shed all these tears

 

All it takes is a twist of fate

On either end

A injury so crucial

To take away my friend

 

Who will tell me

That you are dead?

Who will comfort me

As I cry from the dread?

 

So you see this

Is what hurts me the most

The thoughts of me one day

Unknowingly loving a ghost…

Author's Note

I wrote this for someone who I cared for very much. It was an online thing that did not work out but we remained friends. At the time I worried that one day they would just cease to exist and I would never know. I was also very bitter about the situation so the first few stanzas were mainly for shock value. I let them read it and they were very straight faced about it. It hurt me because this poem meant lot to me.

Reviews

[allonsy_doctor]

This is so fantasic I cannot even express it's greatness...!!

[Anita B Jacques]

Great write my friend, a lost is a lost, the pain tells you that, I understand your pain, I had a friend on the Internet, we had much in common. I still miss the Email's. Thank you for sharing God Bless you

[(Just Your Average) Dee..]

This is a very touching and moving poem. Anyone who can't see that is a fool.

Wow, I have an online friend and we are incredibly close and I dont know what i would do if they suddenly stopped talking to me. Your poem flows well and is beautifully written, now i have to go make sure that my friend will tell someone to tell me if they die. ><
-Nice write-
-Satan's Toaster