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- Edgar Cayce

a ghost in skin

5/9/2021

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I am already gone
dark circles weight my eyes
I leave my body fifteen times a day
the magic number is thirty three

all burdens are set aside
as I watch myself sleep
I let my soul drift
flirt with the afterlife
all those things that can ground me
I don't want 
food and feet
are overrated 

have you ever drifted with a thought?
chased dust particles in a ray of light?
life can sometimes just be chains that bind

I think about my daughter's favorite sneakers
all broken in and dirty
she has new shoes but won't wear them
even though her toes  are peeking through holes
I take images now like those favorite sneakers
and I tuck them away in this secret compartment
in my soul

my timeline is faltering 
I blink and a week is gone
I know things I shouldn't
my sadness just brings more of them
I am never alone
but always so lonely

when the darkness brings more clarity
than the light
faith becomes just a word
with little meaning
right now the only thing
​grounding me is pain

I am already just a ghost
in skin


1 Comment
Ed Leonard
5/9/2021 10:44:25 pm

When food and feet feel overrated and you are grounded in pain, with faltering timeline and you start tucking everyday images away to save, then you may be approaching the edge.
Be thankful you fall short of the requisite 33 daily out-of-body travels

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