Ghost

sorenbarrett

Since your passing, every living thing takes on your form
Smell of flowers, hum of bees, rain's showers, shade of trees, even the storm
A spider carefully weaves its web, a morning tide's ebb, you seen in each one
Breath in humid air, a whisper in a creaking stair, flecks of dust in the sun 

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  • nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson)

    a very gentle poem that rolls in its message

  • Lorenz

    Everything just ghostly illusion of deceptive shapes .Only bee and spider know the truth ...

    • sorenbarrett

      Most perceptive Lorenz i appreciate the review and understanding interpretation where nature is the judge

    • Teddy.15

      My darling sorrenbarret utterly beautiful. 🌹

      • sorenbarrett

        Thank you Teddy for your review and most kind comment it is as always most deeply appreciated

      • David Wakeling

        For me this is the passing of a much loved person. After they die you can see them everywhere from the hum of bees to a spiders web.Its a wish poem.Well done.

        • sorenbarrett

          Thank you so much David for the read and comment it is most appreciated. Yes you are right it was inspired by my dear mother in law in whose house I now reside, everything around still speaks of her despite many years of her passing,.

        • orchidee

          I've not gone, I'm only intermitting! I'll probably turn up again soon, like a bad..... apple! lol.

          • sorenbarrett

            Thanks Orchi bad apples make good cider already fermenting. Best wishes with what ever you have to attend to

            • orchidee

              Thank you SB.

            • Tristan Robert Lange

              Soren, this moves from grand elements to intimate particles with grace. Storm, tide, humid air…then finally “flecks of dust in the sun.” It suggests that loss doesn’t shrink the world…it saturates it. A gentle, resonant piece, my friend. A fave for sure. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦‍⬛

              • sorenbarrett

                You are most kind and I thank you for that my friend but more so you see with sensitivity the aspect of saturation in loss it is absorbed into everything.

                • Tristan Robert Lange

                  Indeed. You are most welcome, my friend.

                • GenXer Sharon 🙏🍀

                  My friend this is so relatable! A beautiful write!

                  • sorenbarrett

                    Thank you so much for the read and comment it is deeply appreciated

                  • Poetic Licence

                    Has a very personal and loving feel in those words, someone of importance who has passed is still seen and felt in all that surrounds them, very nicely written.

                    • sorenbarrett

                      Thank you so much Tobani I really appreciate your review and understanding words. Look forward to reading more of your work

                      • Poetic Licence

                        You are very welcome, I am just reading work on here, I won't be putting any work on here.

                        • sorenbarrett

                          So nice of you to read. Sorry you are not posting

                          • Poetic Licence

                            Thank you, that's nice of you to say.

                          • Awam

                            'Every living thing takes on your form” grief expressed in such a mature and subtle way,

                            • sorenbarrett

                              Thank you so much Aman for your read and most kind remarks they are deeply appreciated

                            • Kevin Hulme

                              A very fine Poem. So relatable to someone who misses a loved one. A fave.

                              • sorenbarrett

                                Thank you so much for the read and comment it is most appreciated

                              • Dan Williams

                                You as usual explain things much better than I. I am at the one-year anniversary of losing the dearest of friend this helps. Thank you.

                                • sorenbarrett

                                  I thank you Dan for your review and comment I offer my condolences tor your loss my friend



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