Molly-coddled
Protected
Ignored

Not protected
Ignored
Not trusted

Solace through dreams
Try to reach out to the long-dead through books

The only relevance
A one-way communion
Maybe

But a conversation
Definitely

I'm not afraid of ghosts
Only the living haunt me
When they taunt and abuse me

When I don't do what they want me to

(13.7.2010)