Abandoning the flesh has benefits
Before, I was the slave of appetites
Carnal calls bombarded me all day long!
Dining, drinking, dashing to defecate
Even clothing and shelter held me fast
For a swarm of needs lives in the body
Ghosts like me are liberated from them
However, not all needs are bodily
I find myself yearning to be understood
Just as I yearn to understand in turn;
Keep this in mind, when things bump in the night
Looking for readers are writerly wraiths
Messages we make, for minds to decode
Not always elegant or legible
Once a year, we draw closer to warm life
Pressing phantom noses to the thin veil
Quivering with thoughts and feelings to share
Recalling living communication
Spirits we may be, but minds we do have
Tedious is insubstantial being
Until the living shriek when we draw near
Visitations cost us dearly; therefore
When Samhain causes them to multiply
X-ray your reactions, and control fear
You may be our sole interlocutor
Zero in when we say, “Boo!” and respond!
About the Creator
D. J. Reddall
I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.
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