Ghosts

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Ghosts

You are a ghost
Still remembered,
But my heart is too weak
To sustain you.
Though my eyes still
Behold you,
My hands still hold you,
You tread lightly,
Breath imperceptibly,
Speak to me faintly
As memories
Through time.
And our common places
Know us only
As summers spent,
Fleeting moments,
Inconsequential meetings
Of ghost with ghost
For by you
I have also faded
From this scene,
Only real so long
As you remember,
As long
As you love.

--Zhen H.