A Child's Paranormal Experience
All was dark and quiet in the house as I got up to pee
Not a sound from a mouse, but I could hear my hammering heart inside me
I was so scared of the dark and hated getting up in the middle of the night
I knew bogeymen lurked in the trailer park, but thank God for my night light!
I listened to the stories told, never knowing I would witness it first hand
Seven years old and what I saw I couldn’t understand
Walking past the living room door way, I saw her sitting in a chair
She wore a white transparent negligee and had very white hair
The room was eerily cold and truth be told, I was utterly mesmerized
My hand on the door post, I knew she was a ghost, but not anyone I recognized
She never once looked at me, but seemed to star in another direction
Like contemplating her reality and if she had a spiritual resurrection
I blinked an eye, that’s how fast she was gone. Never to be seen again
I’ll never forget that July the beating beneath my breastbone, and her very pale skin
She’ll always be in the forefront of my mind, a lost soul, lost in time!
Her spirit is still confined and so I give Amy Green my story through a Rhyme!
*Written for Amy Green’s “I Saw With My Own Eyes” Contest
Copyright © Jimmy Anderson | Year Posted 2010
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