We used to tag the same accounts
React in sync then lose the count
I saw your name on someone's post
Just once then gone like some old ghost
I sent a thought but hit delete
The bubble stayed forever neat
Optin' ghost in every scroll Unread thoughts I can't control
You typing then you disappear As if you knew I'd still stay near
Are threads a grave of inside jokes Now filtered by the quiet pokes
I check the app then fake a shrug Pretending I don't miss the tug
Your last seen timestamp hasn't changed
You watched my story late last week
That's all it took to make me weak
A sign you're there,
a trace of will But nothing more,
the thread stays still
I write like we're still in the room
And edit out the part that blooms
Optin' ghost,
you left no sound But haunted me in tap and mound
I post with care,
pretend to cope While running on a static hope
Each emoji you used to choose Still lingers in my folded views
And though you've left,
you're never gone Just floater in a digital dawn