Ghost in You

The poem is not about the song. The song came to me at the ending stanza. Great song nonetheless. I decided to use a line from it and in the title, but choose different music to accompany it.

You gotta love dreams

that you understand

as far as the ones

that had meaning

in your life

 

yet isn’t it bizarre

when you wake up

before dawn

with your heart

pounding as if

you were back in

seventh grade

 

she was just about

to rock your world

and then some jerk

on a Harley or

a damn garbage truck

breaks your slumber

 

that will teach you

to make fun

of a blonde girl

with a slight overbite

that you secretly love

 

and when you finally

ask her out

and she says “no”

you may not

realize it then

 

but when you

reach almost forty

years of age

you will

because the ghost

in you

she won’t fade…

 

 

Author's Note

Reviews

[just rose.]

You do some of your most evocative work when you mine very intimate details for the truths in them. The dream here creates a spell encompassing both a distance and an immediacy that's very compelling. I like especially the fine description of the girl and the making fun and subsequent rejection. It's funny how we find ourselves at this age with almost shimmering recollections of times like seventh grade. Reminds us there's still lots to learn. Well done AK!... and great song. The perfect vintage. :)

[Tate Morgan]

God i remember the girl in front of me in math 8th grade i loved her so.I had to move away and at the last minute on the last day i went up to her spun her around and rocked her world.lol I will always remember that I thought she would slap me she threw her arms around me and whispered I love you in my ear

[Fabian G. Franklin]

This is great Patrick...I was thinking the ending sounded off. Maybe.
"because the ghost
in you
she won’t fade…
Why not..." Because her ghost in you won't fade"? Just a thought brother. Bless.

[Tim]

Funny enough, the garbage men have come by at the wrong time before. The girl on my mind is still there after many years too. Always a pleasure to read your poems.

[Emily B]

oh, she should have known . . . she really should have

my dreams taunted me for years

[Liza]

dreams are windows to our imagination to our brave selves...to have the courage to reach; this was heart felt.

[brenda]

nice write ! agree with all reviews !

[OT]

ahh a dream of bittersweetness - the memories - the shadow - the ghost - that dwells in the subconscious - nice!

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

I have had dreams like this, one I have revisited in my mind and wished would come true. As a child I found if I wanted to dream about something over and over again I could. All you do is close your eyes and think hard on what you want to dream about and you will find yourself there.......in your sleep. Excellent song.....

[Siddartha Beth Pierce]

Aww this is such a sweet tale of dreams. Thank you - very moving!

[Samuel Dickens]

Oh yeah, I know about those ghosts that don't fade. May I have another stab at youth, please?