I damaged my back in car accident

And was confined to a wheelchair

For a few weeks

I stayed in my sisters house

And used her spare room

Whilst my injuries healed

It was during my time there

That I realised that I could clearly see

The rear window of the house opposite

I watched it for hours even though

The house was unoccupied

And had been so for many years

I suppose I expected to see ghosts

But I saw absolutely nothing of account

It was only when I moved back to my house

That I realised that I had been witnessing

Time’s slow fade and little else