If the message were clear
then everyone would understand it
and we wouldn’t have to sit here
listening to the same song over and over
hearing each time anew the whispers between lines
the words lost amid reverberating chords
music to drown out the noise
and to keep us company as further we go
down through places our eyes refuse to see
At the end we find the broken note we wrote for ourselves
and hear it as if for the first time
read aloud by a voice that knows
what it is to speak when no one is listening
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I’ve asked this before, but I think I’ve received a few more followers since then. Do you believe in ghosts? Have you ever had an experience with one yourself?
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Mitch this is so beautifully written. I love the way the entire poem is a metaphor. My favorite lines were:
“At the end we find the broken note we wrote for ourselves
and hear it as if for the first time
read aloud by a voice that knows”
Great stuff my friend. Hope all is well. We just got back from visiting with my daughter and our grandchildren which was such a blessing. So I am behind in reading and commenting. I should have let everyone know I would be off line like you did. Sending love and well wishes your way my friend. Love ❤️ Joni
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Thank you Joni! Hope your visit was good. Family seems more important now than ever. Hope you’re well and enjoying the coming of fall. Cheers (:
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My pleasure my friend. Thank you for asking our spending time on a lake with family was such a blessing. Yes a gift not to take for granted.
I am well and hope you are. It is suppose to be in the 90’s today but feels like 100 degrees. It just keeps getting hotter and hotter here in NC.
Have a blessed week my friend. Love to you 💕❤️Joni
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Glad to hear it! We’re supposed to get a 98 degree day this weekend here in Denver, so of course today would be the day that our air conditioning stops working. Hope you’re staying cool! Cheers (:
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Oh I hope you are able to get it fixed. You may have to cool yourself with a cool shower. Good luck with that my friend. Stay safe. Love ❤️ Joni
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I wonder if “ghosts” may be impressions left in the environment (as in the stones of the building in which they died).
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That would explain why buildings where horrible things have happened seem to give a negative feeling of sorts just by being inside them… Interesting!
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I had one strange experience shortly after my husband passed away that left me speechless (not an easy task). I do believe in the power of the human spirit to linger but I’m not sure if I want to believe in ghosts. 😳
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That’s a fair way of looking at it! I hope the experience you had was a positive one, even after something so sad. Hope you’re well, cheers (:
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You have spoken so much truth in so few words! Well done!!!
Dwight
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Thanks so much Dwight (:
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You are welcome!
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I was totally caught by the first lines of your poem…
If the message were clear
then everyone would understand it
and we wouldn’t have to sit here
listening to the same song over and overs…:
Dwight
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I’m glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the comments and kind words. Cheers (:
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Yes, believe ghosts exist. Really frightening stuff.
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Very!
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Back in my university days I lived in a house with three others. Coming down the stairs I saw a woman with long blonde hair and an black coat going into the bathroom. Thinking it was my then girlfriend, a few mins later I ask if she’s ok as my house mate offered us a lift to the next lecture. I go up to check and the bathroom’s wide open and nobody else in the house. I checked every room. Stepping out of the house I see my girlfriend in the car wearing a denim jacket and pigtails….. who the hell did I see go into the bathroom?
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Just reading that sent shivers down my spine. It’s crazy how in the moment all seems normal, and then one detail can shift the entire experience. Spooky stuff!
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The crazy thing is how ordinary they appear. It’s not like the movies where the apparition appears and it’s all spectral or gory. It’s like a person…. although they do tend to appear a little blurred.
Do ghosts exist? Yes, but the real question ought to be: what are they?
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Hmm maybe I’ve seen one then without even realizing it. Maybe we all have! Who knows?
That is a good question. Maybe there’s another universe running parallel to ours, and every so often the boundaries sort of mix together. It’s not like we could prove it either way, so who knows!
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Indeed! 😊
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You don’t have to believe in ghosts to understand the impact of speaking when you think no one is listening! Your poem is soooo poignant!
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Thanks so much! And well put, I hadn’t thought of it like that. Also I added a “c” in there for you (: cheers!
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impact… can you correct that missing letter for me?
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No and no. I ain’t ‘fraid of no ghost.
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Ha! That’s usually how I feel during the day, but sometimes at night it’s a different story. I’m not sure if I want to believe or not. Cheers
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True… I’ve had times when some weird stuff happened at night, or when I thought I saw or felt something but it was most likely a dream. These days at night I’m more scared of natural phenomena like thunder and rain because I’ve had problems with my roof.
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Yeah almost every strange thing that has happened to me has had some explanation after thinking about it. Also yikes, hope it holds out against anything that might come your way!
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Very well written Mitchel….loved your poem….you got my full attention right from….”If the message were clear then everyone would understand it and we wouldn’t have to sit here listening to the same song over and over”…..true….although….sometimes it’s necessary to reach the depth of it….grasping the essence of it….just like we “know” the meaning of ghost without knowing it….just like we know what love means….just like one needs to die several times to live from the deep…am I making any point….perhaps not…..but I am if you read over & over (pun intended 😉)
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Thanks so much Navin, glad you enjoyed it. I definitely think you made a point—and I think I agree that even if we never quite fully grasp the meaning of something, it’s better to put all we have into trying. Cheers (:
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You’re welcome Mitchel….I’m glad to know you could see my pov ✨
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Ghosts or lessor spirits are people conscious temporarily in a different relam (relaxed/broken earthly experience, like a bad dream) because there is something they can not understand about what was their awake experiences relating to the ALWAYS knowing of what/who “God” is and to Infinity…something they need to “work out” about the happenings of their former awake life related to Always. It is interesting the way sight and sound exists in areas which integrate at moments when change is happening. If you see or hear a “ghost”, the best thing to say is, “do what you know how to do” and “say something interesting” with this relating them to an activity and communiation area that is agreeable. Trudy
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I don’t know if I believe in ghosts or not. However, if that kind of power exists then there are things which might show themselves in ways that I might not understand. To be perfectly honest, I welcome the opportunity to witness some kind of otherworldly experience. I just have never actually had that kind of an experience.
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