To Be A Ghost

Introduction

A few words on not being part of where you want to be

The music is "Ghosts Again" by Depeche Mode

To Be A Ghost

When you are a ghost, you can see everything and everyone, but very few people see you or know you are there. You can see the good and bad things, but you cannot influence them. No one can hear your words or be touched by you. For them, when you are gone, you are gone and there is no coming back.

When you were with people, you always said that when you became a ghost, you would let people know what it was like here, but now you are a ghost, you can do nothing but wander and watch.

You find it strange that you are the only ghost. You have seen or heard no other. Although some people do see you, you are nothing but a fleeting shadow. You try to speak, shout and scream, but no one can hear you.

Being a ghost is a solitary life.

You wonder if you missed an invitation or direction to the final resting place, but there is no one you can ask about that.

You are here, jealous of those who are enjoying life, doing things and creating things, that you would love to take part in but cannot.

So you wander the earth, feeling a little hope when someone notices you, and hoping that you will one day find a way to fulfilment.