Ghosts

I was 10 or 11 standing at the doorway
of a dank dark basement
I could feel the spirits welling up out of the darkness
so much so I never ever went down there
I remember being 12 or 13 and
hearing ghostly feet going up the attic stairs
almost nightly
there are ghosts everywhere in my life
20 years ago this August
you became a ghost
watching over me
I can always feel you
almost see you on the edge
of my vision
feel your immaterial hands
holding me when I'm lost
I've been missing you lately