I wondered past a lonely grave,
I could feel the terror and scare
It felt like someone was following me
Or probably trying to tell me something.

I walked slowly, wondering and wandering
Crushing the delicate maple leaves
That had fallen beneath my feet
I could feel lonesomeness!

The moon shone above me,
Creating a luminous light
All around me,
And, just at the moment, I heard the wolf growl and scowl

Clouds floated, the sky became
Darkened as before,
And, I felt a sudden tap on my shoulder
And it was a phantom!

"I am a lonely and dead phantom," He Said with an intriguing smile on his face,
"I lost my beloved," He told me,
Sadly again.

I widened my eyes
He became suspicious, and told, "Don't be spooked out! I won't harm you,"
"Could I trust him?" This question lit up everywhere in my soul, through and through.
As if reading my thoughts, he told me,
"Yes, you can trust me!"

I still looked, confused.
He still tried to console me, though.
"I appear in front of every person
Who wanders here, and tell them this
The very sad story of mine!"
He told me.

I asked him the reason for the same.
He told me that, "I love sharing my
Sadness with other alive people!
Some Run away, while some are like you, who
Listen to me patiently! After all, I wasn't Loved by people in my past life!"

I nodded at him, trying to console him.
"Where is your beloved?" I asked.
"Just like me, beneath this green grass,
Dead and silent!"

With that, he disappeared into a thin
Air and that left me terrified.
I thought I was probably gone nuts,
So I hit myself on the head.

That's when I noticed,
I'd hit myself in real life,
But all of that talk with the phantom,
Was nothing but just a strange dream!

© Reva Saraf