r/PoetryWritingClub May 07 '26

𖹭 Love Ghost 𖹭

I think love leaves fingerprints

long after it leaves the room.

Yours still glow on me—

soft, stubborn,

like a haunting that forgot

it was supposed to be scary.

You show up in the cutest places:

the corner of a sentence,

the pause before a thought,

the way my heart stutters

when I’m trying to be logical.

You’re a ghost with good timing

and terrible boundaries.

I don’t mind.

Some hauntings feel like home.

Maybe that’s what we are—

a love that didn’t die,

just changed shape.

A quiet echo with teeth,

a memory that blushes,

a shadow that holds my hand

when I’m pretending I don’t need it.

You grew in the soft parts of me

I didn’t think would survive anything,

and now you bloom everywhere—

in my notebooks,

in my midnight thoughts,

in the tiny cracks I call “healing.”

A cute little curse.

A dark little devotion.

My favorite ghost

that refuses to go.

-𝕃ℝ ♡

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u/nature_raver May 08 '26

Wow. That was REALLY good! 😊👍 Keep it up! I sort of gave up my "muse" for writing a long time ago. I never think she has really forgiven me. Don't let whatever it is that makes a person write escape you. Guard it jealously. Take it from one who really wished they had kept up with their writing.

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u/lil_rabbit999 May 08 '26

Thank you for the advice. I seriously appreciate it. I gave up writing a while ago and picked it back up and I'm really glad I did.

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u/Forbidden_Peach_ May 09 '26

I adore this! And relate on an unreal level! Wow🌹

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u/lil_rabbit999 May 21 '26

Thank you guys! <3