Another Ghost

Robert carries a bag of shadows
around twice the size of his heart
and when he gets to drinking
he lets them all out of the bag
into a great big sorrow pit
filled with all the tears he never cried
and he swims around with them
all those shadows
and he always nearly drowns
But he hasn’t drowned yet
i guess that’s why
he keeps going back
to see if maybe this time
they can pull him down
all the way down to the bottom
where it’ll be quiet and dark
and he can finally just be
another ghost
instead of the one being haunted
Something lives inside of Robert
made of all the tragedy he’s ever seen
and it comes out when he drinks
to keep him company
and promises him a sweet trip to nowhere
better than where he’s at
better than carrying that bag of shadows
around twice the size of his heart


c.marleneazoulai2012