Changing Places


I wondered where he had gone,

the man who would sit 

on this bench

every day

singing 

in his solitude.

For he was always alone.


I wondered if he was haunted as I am haunted

haunted by my ghost or his. 

It knows us so well, that ghost, 

transforming us

from one to the other

like creatures in a fairy tale,

their comings and goings beyond our control.


And now I know.


Though it may seem

only one of us is here

with arms outstretched

absorbed and pondering

I know our one is two.


We’re transformed now

and we sing in harmony.








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