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A GHOST’S LOVER

Here I am, again. Staring into space. The darkness is comforting, an


endless abyss that swallows your pain.
She is here too, beautiful as ever. Did she also come to drown away her
worries? In this bench, this park. The serenity it provides. The
overwhelming feeling of peace. It’s greater than any high. I come here
everyday to just cry and release the accumulating pressure of being alive.
Well, that was the original reason. But I’m not sure anymore. Since I saw
her. Since I realized that she’s often here as well.
I glance at her again. Today she’s wearing a red dress matched with red
heels. Her tiny cleavage is revealed only slightly, rising and falling to the
rhythm of her breathing. Her hair is let down, floating with the wind. She is
simply beautiful, this woman.
Though her face is always sad and her countenance always far, I like to
think she lives a rich life. Exploring her youthfulness to the fullest.
I’d like to talk to this woman. I’d like her to finally see me. I’d like to take her
hands, kiss her palms, whispering sweet nothings. I’d like her to hold me
close till our breasts are pressed together. I’d like to say to this woman
“Don’t be sad my pretty. Everything will be fine”.
But, you see, I lack the confidence. What if she runs away. What if she’s
with another. What if she’s never noticed me or worse isn’t “like me”. Oh I
can never handle the pain. This peaceful place would be lost to me. I would
come here and only think of how this stranger broke my heart.
Sigh! I’m already broken. I’ve got nothing much to lose!
I’m standing up now. Taking the most awkward stroll. I think she’s heard
my footsteps, as she’s looking up to me. Sigh. My heart is twisting and
turning, her blue eyes torment me. I must speak to this stranger who makes
me want to live.
She stands up too and starts walking towards me. Does she finally see
me? Will this love story come true?
With a stabbing pain at my side, she passes right through me. She melts
into the arms of another man and begins to kiss him.
Oh what was I thinking. This story can’t be true. For how could a woman
notice or love a ghost like me.

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