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Artwork by Sudhiksha S

A Haunted Heart 🫀

Ghosts lurk in every corner of my heart

some old, some new

they hide behind crevices

tapping across valves and swirling across arteries

three in the same vein

there, just there.

they show up more on some days than other

Are they past friends, I wonder?

Or lovers on a fancy whim?

some days they disappear

making me long for a glimpse

yearning for a slight brush or a wisp

do all hearts look the same

empty without everyday inhabitants

only to be haunted by ghosts

why do the unseen bother us so much

why do the unheard make us itch

for a sound, a sight, a touch

Dear ghosts, a humble request

Begone, be reborn

In full blood and flesh.

Come back to the world

Thrump your feet on this earth

Wash your souls in the water

Feed your bellies with fire

Before you dissolve again

Into a vast emptiness,

without a sliver of memory

becoming a ghostly feeling that makes the

heart more haunted than ever.

--S

Hoedinger's Paradox 💝

Love me, love me not

See me, see me not

Hear me, Hear me not

Touch me, touch me not

Hold me, hold me not

Want me, want me not

I know, you don't

--S