Three Ghosts On Hallow's Eve
I was visited by three ghosts
Each night until All Saints Day
Unlike Scrooge
I asked for the ghosts to visit
the ghosts were known to me
in life
The veil is thin
on Halloween or the Eve of the Hallow (Holy)
The first ghost was that of a young man and son
He was lost to my world when he was only 24
died in a car crash
His ghost visited the day before Hallow Eve
read me a confessional letter that he will prove his love to me
I did not know him because he as been dead for 13 years
But he said that he died on the 24th and his funeral was on the 31
The second ghost was that of an old women and friend
I remember her because she died less than two months
She made an appearance on Halloween
She was having trouble adjusting to death
naked and disoriented
She was looking for her clothes and jewelry
I told her that we thought that she was dead
and that she will take on new clothing
The third ghost was that of a father figure
he played one of his favorite singers who is also dead
Frank Sinatra
“The summer wind came blow-in' in
like painted kites, those days and nights.
From across the sea they went fly-in' by
The Autumn winds and the winter winds,
they come and gone. And still the days, those lone-ly days.
They go on and on”
I was listening to New Age music at work on All Saints Day
but some how I heard the song in the background for 15 minutes
Unlike Scrooge
I asked for the ghosts to visit
the ghosts were known to me
in life
They are not ghosts to me
because I miss and love them but
“they go on and on”
Copyright © Mel Brake | Year Posted 2013
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