A loveless marriage
Ships passing in the night
Some abandoned halls of an empty four chamber heart
My father is in fact deceased
He expired and is no more Encased
In this mortal coil
But it is a decade and a half later
And I only think of him when I need to
Or when my mother is talking
Or on the anniversaries
Of his birth or his death
But my mother still sort of needs him
To be around
Make sure things are in order
Be a presence to fill a lonely void
Somehow
And she expects him to be there
And when she talks about the little signs
The signals he still gives her
I don't think of it dismissively
As the quaint fantasies of an addled mind
No mater how much I want to
Because I know she believes they are parted
But not separated
And she believes forever is real
And he did to
And we all believe in ghosts
That like to visit on an occasion
Like to whisper to the grandchildren
To tell mom to do the dishes
Because he always told her that
He is the ghost that she lives with
That checks on her now and then
Whispers to her as well
Little things to calm her nerves
Lets her catch a glimpse of him
Out of the corner of her eye
With a big smile on his face
That raises his eyebrows
And makes his eyes twinkle mischievously
Nice one Aaron!
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