Phantom Generations

Inspired by various pieces of graffiti I saw over the weekend.

Photo by Intricate Explorer on Unsplash

Cheers to the ghost 
of what I thought life 
would be before I realized 
it was what I wished life ought 
to be. Damnation to the ghost
of what I thought I could change 
before I remembered everything 
before myself was numb to change
by hands greater than my own. Glory 
to the ghost of us who sprout success
out of…