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How to Love a Ghost

You don’t call when

you need to call, you

wait until morning

—he says, nothing good is said

this late.

You don’t say “I love you,”

love does not exist

this time.You must be forward

and say how you feel,

make sure you know why

— it is a must.

To love a ghost,

you learn to sleep alone

and keep your mouth closed

when you cannot explain

how you feel

or why you look so

goddamn tired

all of the time.

You do not say, “I miss you,”

when you need him the most,

you simply shut your eyes

and force yourself into sleep,

until you feel better

and fear less.


You cannot love a ghost,

they do not existt

his time.

 
 
 

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