haunted

I haunt every space I inhabit 

yet I am not alone 

I carry with me memories belonging to others 

flowing from my ears and heart 

the places I let them in 

I hold emotions of others 

though they burn through my skin 

and threaten those still living 

I see images from lives I have not lived 

but somehow still feel 

and so I shudder 

leaning into the emptiness 

We haunt every space We inhabit 

and so We are not alone 

Author's Note

work in progress