Unlike Ebenezer Scrooge,
I had spoken to five of my own ghost selves today

They each told me things I have heard it before, perhaps it was madness to know what they were going to say yet I was still
so keen, so eager, so curious to hear it if something different may come out of it.

Let’s call the first one Betty, who said
“Things are set in stone, that is something that cannot be changed, it will happen just not the way you want it to happen, everything is strong, it is there, but would two hearts ever feel similarly mutual?—
You are always walking towards the same path, just in a different time, a soul in parallel universe, intersecting one another, by night, by day, by sunlight, by moonlight, by dusk, by dawn, there will be a crossroad, that’s inevitable, just never the when, the how, but always the time that is not yours for it to occur; unloosen yourself, move, sail away, if you felt that you were taken for granted, then spread your wings, you always have the choice, your spirit may never have the fear of losing you, because you have always been present, but if you become invisible, to switch yourself off, would your mind or body wonder & seek for you? perhaps, it’s time to do so, there’s a turn for everything, & this is your turn, so turn —”

Then came Alexandra
“So much care there, love, tenderness, even though they struggle to speak aloud, struggle to come out of the throat, but everything is...