I'm In Love With A Ghost

Verse 1

The kettle learns your laughter, thin and low,

Floorboards keep your footsteps, come and go.

You traded keys for constellations, letters for the smoke;

You transitioned into evening, and I’m loving a ghost.

Pre-chorus

I set two cups on the table, just in case,

Speak in present tense to fill the space.

Chorus

I’m in love with a ghost, and the living don’t know

How your hands are the steam on my winter window.

You crossed into the quiet like a tide without a coast,

But you’re here in the here, and I’m in love with a ghost.

Verse 2

You write me on the mirror in a language made of breath,

Static finds our song on stations we never kept.

The porch light flickers twice, the tulips lean the most—

Little ways you say you stayed, and I’m loving a ghost.

Pre-chorus

I feel your weight in the daylight’s turning seams,

Your shadow rooms my shadow, folds my dreams.

Chorus

I’m in love with a ghost, and the living don’t know

How your hands are the steam on my winter window.

You crossed into the quiet like a tide without a coast,

But you’re here in the here, and I’m in love with a ghost.

Bridge

Maybe love is a thin place, paper-lantern skin,

Two rooms with a doorway, and your voice is the hinge.

I light a match and call you; the temperature turns gold—

If distance is a story, then ours is never told.

Verse 3

I walk where we were walking; the wind remembers how.

I wear your name like weather, like rain upon my brow.

I keep the night unlocked so you can come in close—

You transitioned into light, but you didn’t let me go.

Chorus

I’m in love with a ghost, and the living don’t know

How your hands are the steam on my winter window.

You crossed into the quiet like a tide without a coast,

Still here in the here—I’m in love with a ghost.

Outro

Speak in present tense,

Stay until the walls go soft,

Love that learned to breathe

On both sides of the cloth.

Julie O’Hara

THANK YOU for reading my work. I am a global nomad/permanent traveler, or Coddiwombler, if you will, and I move from place to place about every three months. I am currently in Chile and from there, who knows – probably Argentina? I enjoy writing articles, stories, songs and poems about life, spirituality and my travels. You can find my songs linked below. Feel free to like and subscribe on any of the platforms. And if you are inspired to, tips are always appreciated, but not necessary. I just like sharing.

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