Other Lives
Ghosts jostle for
preeminence,
rising from sediments
of dusty worlds
that are no more.
Their filmy presence deepens
cool shadows as they observe
eddies of pulsing life, flesh-formed,
spirit circumscribed by
density of material weight,
sensing kindred presence
with involuntary shivers
or hard looks,
searching streets,
remembering, perhaps,
moments felt or dreamt
in other lives.