Inquiry From the Dead
What’s taking you so long? “We are all waiting for you”
Just these words, I hear each night in my sleep, in my dreams
I wake up to find I’m standing by the bedroom door
But how did I get here, walking in my sleep, it seems
What’s taking you so long? ‘We are all waiting for you”
It echoes faster now, they masterfully implore
These words of whispered urgency stuck inside my head
As I awake this time, lying on the kitchen floor
Finally, a night it seems, that rest and peace prevail
I’m traveling, a journey, I’m seated in my car
Funny, I’m not moving, though I hear the engine roar
The garage is dark; the door is closed, then from afar
What took you so long, my friend? “We’ve been waiting for you”
Written for Halloween Scare
10/1/17
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