Warmly Haunted

As you go out into the world, expect company...

In your Tomorrow dwelling

live phantom recollections

They’ll someday whisper endlessly,

these spectral reflections

 

Have no fear, they mean no harm;

you are their only host

It’s just Today, and all before ~

your memories, your ghost

 

As time moves on, you’ll understand

this haunting is a gift

That takes you warmly by the heart

so you’ll not go adrift. 

Author's Note

I wrote this for my niece, who is graduating from high school this week.

Reviews

[SteveB]

DAMN YOU! Once again you nailed it. The gift, and sometimes curse, of memory. And the power of memory to serve as a guide.

Since I am green with envy and dying to find fault, "recollections". When read aloud the double L sound is a shade hard. Is there another word, with the same meaning and rhyme form that could replace it? Reverberations? Inspirations?

You are Seussical again! Brava!

[Rita L. Sev]

Hmmm... "reverberations" is too long... I was worried about "spectral" for some reason. I'll ponder this... Thank you Steve!

[SteveB]

If I have to be so damn picky you can tell I am trying hard to find fault.