I have been haunted by ghosts before,

I can do it again, I managed

to outlast them before.

Yours will cling to me, an icy grip

on my spine, but he will tire of it,

get bored, wander off –

a pretty girl will walk by –

this is your ghost, after all – and he

will be diverted, begin to think

what he’s doing to me is not so fun.

Days will go past without him coming by,

though his visits, less frequent, will

be no less poignant,

I will feel him clamp around my soul

and will ache from the loss of you,

but I have done this before.

Your ghost is less terrifying, less tenacious

than some I have known.

I have been haunted by ghosts before,

I am not afraid.

by Cher Bibler