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Ghost, A Love Story Rebecca (Becca) Fitzgerald
Ghost: A Love Story
*Reflections*
It’s hard Not to think of you When I watch the stars at night You always told me to have my eyes on the skies I know I will now
I like to think that you’re up there Watching over me Waiting for the day when I will join you
You told me we would be together forever You said that no matter what You would never leave me You said that you would stay until hell froze over And until the heavens melted with fervent heat And the elements on earth were set ablaze with the fires of the abyss And now I finally realize Forever is a long time
You said that no matter what happened If I was lost You would find me Its hard to believe that now
Ever since you left I’ve questioned your promises Your devotion to me Your essence
You left me here alone I begged you to stay To hold on with me “Don't leave me You can't leave me I can't do this alone Fight, fight, for me. Please Please don't go”
I told you I couldn’t survive without you But you left You let the stars take you And left me here alone Why didn’t you take me with you? I wonder now Still As I always have
There are always the times I can feel you here And I can forget about my fears Pretending that you are near I know your watching over me And I forever dream about the day When you’ll be smiling back at me And I will be free for all eternity When I can be where you are And you know its true That I would do Anything if I could just get you To take me where you are And rescue me Free me From the chains that I am bound Here on earth Come and take me away
I look upon the stars Shimmering in the sky And reflect upon the lake You told me that stars were broken glass That someone scattered about the water But now I’m not so sure
I believe those stars are my tears Tears you collected from my drowning eyes And scattered into the sky
And the sky with sorrows Bows its head to the oceans And weeps the tears and memory away Filling the sea with woes, sadness, and anguish And the sea, unwilling to bear the burden of disconsolation Churns its waves until they toss and turn And pushes the tears to its crests Trying to throw away the pain They try to scatter them anywhere Everywhere but in their acreage The waves finally push the tears into the sky Begging it to take them back
As the stars await the sky A black velvet curtain forms in front of it Pushing them back towards the seas This total internal reflection of memories of the past Will exist forever until I can be with you once again
Far and away I see a shooting star Leaving a trail of shimmering dust Down the cheek of the sky And I know it’s you Crying your tears of mourning and memory Up in the sky
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*Ghost*
I know you never believed me When I told you that I would stay with you forever You thought that I would leave you Leave you stranded forever without ever thinking of you
But the truth is I’ve never left you Although you thought I have I’m with you always Though you’ll never know it I blow you kisses in the breeze You close your eyes and face the wind and smile And I think you sense that I’m there
Sometimes you think that I’m with you And you smile knowing that I’m gone, But you fell as if I’ve just kissed you softly on your cheek And left you with another bittersweet memory That chases the demons away
I wonder if this is a haunting or if I’m a guardian angel Sometimes I catch a glimpse of myself in your mirrors No wings I guess I’m not an angel
I sleep with you at night I stroke your hair Whisper in your ear how much I love you And you smile again And turn towards my touch I offer what little comfort I can
Sometimes I catch you smiling You get that far off look in your eyes And a loving smile tugs at the corners of your mouth as you smile And I know that your remembering me
I follow you when you visit my grave You lay a single white rose everyday You talk to me Even though you see it as absurd You tell me how much you miss me You throw your arms around my gravestone and weep your silver tears “I need you I miss you so much I hate being without you I miss you I miss you I wish I could believe you're somewhere happy and safe But I don't know anymore I need you I need to be with you”
Each one I carefully collect Gathering them life delicate petals of a rose I place them in my pocket And wait until the time is right To toss them into the heavens Creating silver stars that shimmer upon you As you watch them reflecting upon the sea
And you remember what I have told you About the broken glass and the stars And you think about me And you only remember the dejection and the sadness
You know about your tears And that I decorate the sky with them For the world to mourn my loss
You always thought that you lost me But the truth is that I lost you I can’t touch you I can’t comfort you I can’t kiss you You thought that I wanted to leave you alone But oh, I wanted to take you with me I wanted to take you into my arms and erase your pain and rue
Each time the memory sweeps your mind You forget about the blithe that we once had And you cry your crystalline tears again
Each one shattering upon the peaceful glass surface of the water Breaking it into ripples That seem to stretch on for miles out and around Turning the water the deep blue shade of your woes
Each tear that falls upon the water’s surface Is another one wasted that I cannot keep One which is destroyed Poisoning the water with your anguish Transforming the water into an endless sea of affliction Which reflect your melancholy mood And the grief you hold bottled up inside
Which will last forever more Until the day When I can take you in my arms And wipe away the tears from your eyes And erase the bruises that scar your spirit and soul Freeing you to soar amongst the stars In the velvet purity of the night As one
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