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A Little Something About Loving Ghosts

I have always imagined your touch as sunlight

As the heat trapped beneath my blanket when I first wake up

As the rug warming my bare feet in the morning

But that was before I realized I was loving a ghost

Before I saw my breath in front of my face

And realized we had just shared our first kiss

Before I wrapped my arms around myself after walking outside

Feeling the air cut through my skin like a thousand knives

Now I see you in the bottom of every glass

When I am left feeling even emptier than before I took a drink

Now I see you at the bottom of every staircase

As a reminder that even if I would jump

You wouldn't be there to break my fall

Because no matter how far a ghost's arms may reach

They'd never be solid enough to catch me.

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asphyxiophilia
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Oct 23, 2013
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