Haunting
Am I
to be
ghost
because I already died
or
because I hang on
…
live on past,
past that one moment
the old times froze,
past that one moment
creating, in passing,
spaces.
Am I to haunt
this new house,
or am I
to move from room to room,
playing where nothing existed before…
I breathe
− onwards, beyond,
everlasting −
stars,
I do not sleep,
for this naked house
is magnificent
About this poem
This poem waas originally written In Dutch (my mothertongue) and read out on the funeral of my mother, who died (also liberated) five years ago from Alzheimer's disease.
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Submitted by JohnLoopstra on September 28, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | axx xbx x Cx Cd xe axb xxd xec |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 372 |
Words | 73 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 5, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3 |
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