I Was Slowed Down by Ghosts – Thursday 22nd August 2019

I Was Slowed Down by Ghosts

i was slowed down by ghosts
it is true
they crept through my walls
and changed a view

i was caught by ghosts
they hung onto me
transparent but holding tight
they painted the backdrop
of uneasy nights

i was slowed down by ghosts
lost as i was,
and as excited as i was
by the company
that they gave to my life
i thought i would shake them off

i was slowed down by ghosts
it is true
bits of my life baked in reflection
and the encrusted lack of direction
busy making friends,
off the back of hastily written notes

i was slowed down by ghosts
they gathered,
in that time, when i lived closer to the coast



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James Garratt – Thursday 22nd August 2019