the ghost of memories

years later
and it doesn’t feel the same

we are missing one
and a million unspoken words
whispering of a different past

barrage these four walls with every passing day
the ghost of happiness
lingers here

among rearranged furniture
and empty walls
everything is the same
and nothing ever could be again

was this how it was meant to end?
did it turn out just right
or is everything all wrong?
are we forging our way to happiness

or shattering
breaking, four separate
entities careening apart
in the wake of an ended

childhood
marriage
future

same four walls
and yet it could never be so.
when does a house
stop being a home?

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