Haunted - Natalia Shea

Written By Timothy Arliss OBrien

poem read by Timothy Arliss OBrien

Haunted
Natalie Shea


Bright eyes laughing.

Sharing secrets behind hands.

Then nothing.

Calls and messages left unreturned.

You’ve become a ghost

And I am haunted.

My thoughts dart 

Here

And

There

Like water droplets

Glistening on a spider’s web.

I can’t let it go.

It is a sore

I can’t stop picking.

The wondering.

The not knowing.

Did I do something?

Was something said

That you believed?

Though I may be guilty

I can’t defend myself

If I don’t know.

Natalia Shea is a mother, artist, and author with a Bachelor of Science in Art Education from CSU in 2007, and a Master’s in English and Creative Writing from SNHU in 2024.
@natalie_shea13

Timothy Arliss OBrien
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