Haunted

A lesson learnt from ‘Anya’s Ghost’ by Vera Brosgol.

There is an unseen ghost behind every seen or unseen ghost –
the real ghost, the real ‘demon’ behind the ghost,
that ghost of attachment or aversion
that binds the ghost, keeps the being being a ghost.

Every ghost in unfortunate, but in guilty ways,
for nursing thoughts of vengeance for example,
for haunting, for being haunted,
for not being wanting to move on.