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Ghosts to Someone

Ghosts to Someone

Idle Verse: A Poetry Feature

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May 29, 2025
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Ghosts to Someone

There is a house my mind

Likes to visit in my dreams,

Rambling, vast, broken, ancient,

Full of secret places, so it seems.

Many nights I find myself there

Walking the staircase, the hall,

Wandering room to room,

Obeying some unknown call

Which brings me back to walk again

Through this old house which I know …

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