I pour over the words she wrote I reminisce, emptiness in each note Her voice lingering: a captivating tone The melody: once unknown Haunted by a ghost who found a more favorable host Is it you or the thought of you? A longing for something old, yet new It tears me apart Incomplete: with a wound at heart An ocean divides incipient affection Absence increased, she became a recollection Budding infatuation uprooted abloom Flourishing elation grew into gloom In vacancy consumed Reliving the past, missteps in moments passed Haunted by a ghost who found a more favorable host Is it you or the thought of you? A longing for something old, yet new It tears me apart Incomplete: with a wound at heart