Ghost Boy Tales. Pt 2

Wayne Duckworth
Jul 30, 2017 · 2 min read
Photo by Maxim Smith on Unsplash

When you were cracked open

I seeped out, escaped,

I wanted you to follow too

but you were trapped, bleeding me

out, into the bitter afternoon.

I snaked between the bones

the skin, the shell you were born in

that tightness, the shape of you

the three dimensions top to toe

high, wide, without depth, blue.

It was the saddest of days

to leave, without a note, empty,

it was the only way to survive

cut you out, sealed off

an incendiary device, without a bye.

No air to breathe or ignite a fire

I slipped into a rareified space, left crumbs

for you to trace and super sleuth

a way back, discover other clues

for to you to slowly reveal the truth.

Left with nothing but a blank stare

between dead, zombie and depressed

I took more than your six senses

and ability to connect, be your best,

just on repeat, a lifetime of pretence.

I was so close, under your nose

in your search, for all these years,

crushing, it’s taken a lifetime to bear

almost, but never within your reach

until now, see I’m right here, right there.

Now is the moment, the time

reach out, call me and cry

‘Come home,’ draw me to your chest

feel me, I’ll heal your clawed open belly

for I am the ghost that tore us apart, left.

Here now, I will always stay

back from near dead with the life

you asked for in your dreams,

with silent sobs, extended hand

and this last final fall onto grazed knees.


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Wayne Duckworth

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Children's picture book author, novelist and poet. Yogi. World nomad. Embracing the awesome queer, geek and freak. Medium member since 1 April 2017 (no joke!)

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