Ghost of the Future

No eerie echo penetrates the night
behind a moon-swept hill that lies
far distant from my sight.
There is no apparition on the mystic plain,
but there he is, inside a place
that time and space may not contain. 

   

We await each other
since he left his calling card
so many years ago.  I didn't know
that it was he that first time
although the intervening years
have seen the evidence
of many more along the path.

And now the time grows short
until we meet as ghosts indeed,
exchanging spirit observations
as we move encumbered only by
an eidolonic quest that may
have rattled at my
aging, fleshly brain before I came.

However, to be sure, I do not know.

I havn't seen him yet, although
I am aware of him, and I expect
that he may be the impatient one
and even more like me, is primed
to speed our conversation on.

Peace, my friend; forgive me
it is yours already. Now when
they validate my passport
I shall join you on the trail.
I'm looking forward to it--
there, among the haunts of love.
              ~

Reviews

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

None of us know what tomorrow may hold, if tomorrow is to arrive at all. We can but embrace and live each moment as if it were our last, knowing that true living is yet to begin.

Your words are always beautiful.

[Dean]

thanks--no great message in this one

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

All of your poems are great, message or not. :-)

[Dean]

oh Linda, some perspective...you are just too nice

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

Honesty is nice.

[Dean]

you win....but I hope I can do better than this one

[Lover of loveliness]

I pray that they won't validate your passport just yet ...you need to write some more poems ....very. Lovely.

[Sami Khalil]

"now the time grows short
until we meet as ghosts indeed,
exchanging spirit observations"


I get it. There are ghosts of the past and ones of the projected future. There are a lot of prophesies concerning the future that will haunt us all with dread. Excellent, sir...:)...............

[Dean]

Thanks, Sami

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome, sir...:)........

[Marie]

Sounds like Scrooge's ghost of Christmas future. I'm not anxious to meet him myself.