By Belinda
Submitted by Belinda
Date: 2010 Jul 31
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Haunted

I’m not haunted
by the Ghost who walks
the halls of my house
and cold spells
of where she stood
and a sweet lilac scent
lingering
from memories

Instead
after all these years
it is the white lace dress
that will not go away
came back from consignment
the other day
sways in the breeze
every time I open the closet door
taunting and haunting

And
it is the white gold diamond
shipped back to New York
a cold December day
in its final resting box
without the feel of a touch
of a lady finger
once adorned
no more
slipped and fell away

Or
is it the white stripes
from far away highways
back roads once driven
yesterday
through the carousal town
of Rhode Island
that turned into the blizzard mountain
of Telluride
and the perfect storm
of Gloucester
up from New Orleans
before the hurricane
was predicted
Across painted deserts
ending at a Grand Canyon
to the stairway of heaven

“Dear Lady
can you hear the wind blow
and did you know
your stairway lies on the whispering wind”
Somewhere in Time
was just a movie
after all

Belinda Sedillo
7/31/10