General Poetry posted April 22, 2024

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Unspoken Words Personified

A chapter in the book Silent Voices

What Haunts a Ghost

by Jessica Wheeler

I'm haunted by the ghost that drains my offered well. For I've become a host to what I wouldn't tell. What lingered on my tongue, and perched upon its tip, when words, still fresh and young, missed every chance to slip.   And now, I feel them float in tune with every brush they tickle at my throat, persisting in the hush.   Inside my veins, they stream; the echo marks their travel. They gather at each seam to tug my slow unravel.   To them, I'm firmly bound, a well that won't run dry. Though words may not resound, their truths will never die. And though I fail to give a voice to the unsaid, if held, they'll always live; made heard inside my head. I'll be a haunted host until my final day. Then I'll become the ghost of words I didn't say.