DIE VERWANDLUNG

Haunted

Written June 2023.

Can I be haunted by a ghost
who never lived?
Can I be haunted
by myself?

The specter that wished to arrive
and never did.
The self-same form which I sought
and now feels other entirely.

Fantasme, a projection from the past
I still envy.
Fantaisie, a projected future
I no longer desire.

Should I mourn you
who haunts so I may live?
Should I bury you,
who could have buried me?

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