Ghost in the Machine

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am I just this fleeting moment a ripple in time's flow shackled to one body must follow when it goes or is there more to 'being' an eternal flame that burns and though my mortal flesh must die the soul within returns most now say we have 'one shot' so live a life that's full and while, in part, I see their point I hate to think that's all with countless years in history's wake and many yet to come my impact on the universe so very close to none? I need to feel there's so much more some meaning or some goal a reason why, a wider plan that paints a bigger 'whole' so I'll take the path that makes most sense there's more to life than seems and maybe I'm just passing through ... a ghost in this machine

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Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 6/4/2024 10:27:00 AM

Hello Marcus Whitnell, So nice to meet you. I enjoyed this poem. I was in a deep slumber. I woke up quickly because i felt something beside me. Laying down beside me. my cat was sleeping on my hand. so i did not wake her. But i felt something beside me. When the feeling was gone. i looked around my room. Under the bed . No one was there. I still remember this dream. Wonddering who the spirit was.

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 6/4/2024 10:30:00 AM

It took me a long time to get back to sleep. I think it was a ghost. yet i could not see it. my face was to my night table. Eyes closed.. Enjoy your day mhy friend. /Darlene/