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Ghost with Accessories

January 19, 2026

People always say 'you know time flies by fast'

but I wish my home wasn't so far passed

I wish I could find where the key could be

or some reminders of what makes me, me

Instead I only know what color my home was;

and flowers on the porch were always a must

What's stopping me from seeing the truth?

Something so clearcut almost like my youth

Taken over by a false identity

simply an overthought entity

So superficial and insufficient, just fake memories

making me a ghost with accessories;

made of nothing but intangible things.

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▾ This Poem's Voice

Personal memory loss mixed with abstract identity questions.

Multiple layered ideas: time, home, identity, falseness compressed densely.

Melancholic longing, loss, emptiness, fakeness dominate throughout.

Restless questioning tone but meditative pacing; moderate kinetic force.

Approximately 13 lines; falls in 7-15 range.

Metaphors (ghost, accessories), personification, simile (clearcut like youth).

Strongly internal lyric voice; first-person introspection throughout.

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