Haunted

My nights are haunted
by the ghosts of my unfulfilled attempts
in academics
in career
and in love...
These ghosts seem very tall
in comparison to my achievements
but that's fine.
The real issue comes
when they are petty.
For they come with the ghost
called self-doubt.
With many of these ghosts,
I have become friends...
but some are still the same,
bone-chilling frightening.
I am a friendly, approachable person
may be that's why
these ghosts
feel comfortable
talking to me...
But I don't become friends easily
so it takes time
and until then
it's difficult
to live with them...
Just when I become friends
with one of them
and take a sigh of relief
some new ones come into my life
and the same challenge arises
with new shades and contours...
Sometimes
I feel
I will never become friends
with some of them...
I must confess
it's becoming
more and more difficult
day by day...