Silk Ghosts
In the first instances
Of intimacy between two people,
You find yourself
Amidst cobweb figures
Supposed to be forgotten, but
Tethered to a heart
By gossamer threads.
To cut and sever them
Is to trudge and tangle
Within these strings
And make a nest
For yourself.
But
When you've cut away
All the ghosts,
You'll find a more
Grueling battle awaiting you.
You'll fight yourself.