Shirley Hudson Poet Free verse

The Unheard Voices In Jamestown

Vacationing in Virginia,
The beginning of history,
Started in Jamestown when,
America was young.
Taking a walking tour,
Noticing things out of the ordinary.
I'm wondering do they see it,
The same things I do.
A question is asked about,
The slave quarters?
I answer the question by saying,
They're behind the church.
The tour guide is speechless.
He says no one knew that,
Until 3 days ago.
I explain the slave quarters are,
Always away from the main house.
The tour guide said you pointed,
Right where they're digging,
The settlement that they found.
All eyes are on me.
I sense spirits in the area.
These spirits are restless.
They walk among us and,
They only want to tell their story.

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Rico Leffanta May 31, 2022 at 11:27 AM Don't visit London or Paris as there are millions of spirits there with stories to tell! Enjoyed! Aloha! Shirley Hudson May 31, 2022 at 11:22 PM Would love to go to London, actually my GF was Christopher Martin Governor on mayflower was a puritan heard he got in a lot of trouble. All those beheadings and the wars ya lots of ghosts I can imagine. But I would love to go for the history. I would look for ex caliber...haha

L Milton Hankins May 31, 2022 at 8:37 AM Very interesting story, Shirley. I have visited Jamestown many times and that never occurred to me. I wish you had been on our tour! Shirley Hudson May 31, 2022 at 11:16 PM Ya well it's scary as hell sometimes. It happened to me in chickamauga and Petersburg civil war battle sites..... Finally got so crazy I just have to find out and ask somebody and they said I'm a sensitive. I work at braum's in ok...it's an ice cream restaurant....worked at 4 diff stores every single one has ghosts....crazy huh?? When your in walkin u can see them on camera. Haha.