Ghost(s)

They say that when energy is spent doing a perpetual task, that even after the decomposition of the vessel the energy will remain and the task will continue to be done

Opening and closing doors will continue in a home even after the previous occupants of that home may be gone

And this I have seen

In my home that I held with you in my heart I still feel the opening and closing doors

The knocks on the wall

The crashing of glasses against the wall still make me jump

And your presence is still felt

And as the new tenant moves in

He can still hear the shouts that occurred for hours everyday

He can still see the shards of glass in the cracks in the tile

He can still feel the slack the door had from the countless times of it being kicked in after locked up and trespassed against

And although he cannot see you he feels you in every moment I flinch at a loud sound

I’ve tried to salt all portals and window sills and yet it has only help in keeping you in and others out

And he’s knocking on the very door in the same way you did and I feel that impending doom of a full house turned vacant

And I’ve said many prayers to let you pass on and I’ve tried to ignore you to lessen your power and yet you remain

And I’ve stayed a graveyard of past regrets inside