They say the boundary between the living and the dead is fluid. No wonder I can feel them at times.

I hear their sobs, laughter,
see the shadows that creep at night.

At times I can almost touch them… People of the living world!

Maybe they can feel me, too.

Swetha B Ram lives in Kerala, India. A doctor by profession and writer by passion, she has published her poems in various online portals and magazines. Her first anthology in print, “The Harvest Moon,” is about to be published this month.