You wanted a ghost story
With a twist?
Here’s the twist-
I’m the ghost
You can laugh
Shake your head
Take a bath
Go back to bed
I’m not lying
Not a bit
I’m here sighing
I can’t even sit
If I don’t concentrate,
Things go through my skin
I don’t have any weight
My ‘bones’ are papery thin
How am I writing?
Well I just keep fighting
These worlds that I create
I live in them you see
Bouncing from state to state
The characters are my family
So I’m a ghost
Sorry for keeping it from you
Not like I can boast
About being in the undead crew
You still think I’m lying
That this is all fake
You’re not buying
Think it’s a story I make
You can think what you want
You can scoff all you want
You can shake your head in disbelief
Take a sigh in some relief
I’m just a spirit
I’m pretty dead
Call me an ‘it’
I can’t even eat bread
Let me tell you something
It’s nothing like TV
They have nothing
Us you can see
We’re a little transparent
A little tainted white
But there’s nothing about us to fear
We don’t haunt the night
I’m just like you
But I’m really not
I don’t say boo
But I don’t get hot
I don’t need to eat
I don’t need to shower
I don’t feel the heat
And I don’t have any power
I can go where I please
But I don’t age at all
I don’t feel the breeze
And I can’t play with a ball
I don’t get sick
I can’t fall in love
Or get hit with a brick
I don’t feel a shove
And my blood isn’t thick
I have friends
They live in my head
Our fun never ends
When we tie our thread
Pulling and tying
Making sure to think hard
Forget about crying
Do you see a guard?
Are you confused now?
Even more than before?
Can you not see how?
I’ll tell you more
I have lots of thin thread
In all different colors
My favorite is red
I find that it covers
All the blood
Once it falls out
It covers the blood
And I muffle their shout
Who, you wonder
What do I do?
Outside, booms the thunder
I’ll tell you
Listen to me closely
Do you hear?
It’ll seem very ghostly
But there’s nothing to fear…
Nothing to fear,
Though it seems scary
Nothing to fear
Even if you think it very
I’m just like you
You’re just like me
I do what I do
And I do it with glee
See I do what I feel
And I do what I please
Sometimes it leaves me with a meal
Other times with fleas
Am I making no sense once more?
Are you still confused?
You’ll get it soon for sure
Though sorry if you end up bruised
I told you I don’t eat
But that doesn’t mean I don’t get hungry
Sometimes I just want a treat
Yet no one wants to feed me
I must get food myself
But it’s a different hunger
A hunger in my soul
I feel much younger
I have but one goal
I take my long red thread
And I snip it with my teeth
They all end up dead
Their souls underneath
Ripe for the taking
Lovely and sweet
Still think I’m faking?
Then come watch me eat
I tie the thread tight
And pull the head off
I don’t take a bite
That would make me cough
I press my hands down
I close my eyes
Don’t give me that frown
I still hear your cries
This is just what I must do
Please don’t judge me
Not like I’m doing it to you
You don’t have to agree
But just leave me alone
If you won’t listen
Leave me alone
It’s my own decision
I wish I could cry
I feel so hurt
But I can’t even die
My body’s under the dirt
My soul bears the agony
My heart feels the pain
I’m losing my sanity
Again and again
Why should I spare everyone
And let the people live
It’s all in good fun
You have nothing you could give
For I’m just a spirit
I’m just air
Can you hear it?
The sound of my sweet despair
I feel like I’m dying
But I’m already gone
In my heart, I am crying
My body’s moved on
I know I’m doing wrong
I know it’s mean
My will isn’t strong
My conscience unclean
Sometimes I regret it
Sometimes I’m ashamed
And yet I never quit
Instincts be blamed
If this makes you shiver
Makes your skin crawl
Makes your lip quiver
Can’t hear more at all
Then I suggest you leave
Because it doesn’t end now
I don’t know how you’ll receive
When you hear how
I bury the body
Without cleaning the blood
It gets quite soggy
As if it’s covered in mud
It’s black and red
And other colors too
It spews from their head
It’s quite the view
It stains my hands
And my clothes too
Ruins my plans
Gives others a clue
Of what I was doing
During the night
Give them a reason to keep booing
At my sorry sight
But don’t think for a minute
That I even care
I have quite the limit
And it’s really rare
To see me snap
To lose my cool
Maybe slap
It’s a personal rule
I let others have their own opinion
Think what you want about me
But I’m not your minion
And my will is free
I’ll keep killing
You do you
I get my filling
Though I can’t undo
Families hate me
All of them do
So, you see
I kill them too
All alone
Is how I’m left
Future’s set in stone
And it’s not the best
You could say it’s my fault
And maybe it is
Soon I will bolt
Stop doing the biz
For now, just remember
That I’m a ghost
Remember remember, I haunt the night
Deeply sorry if I give you a fright...
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263 comments
Poetry is extremely fun and a great way to let out emotion. Where that second part started "I wish I could cry" I started when I was a little down. The words flowed lol. Horror....Not my thing. Do give your advice, please!
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No, you actually did, like REALLY good! The descriptions were amazing, and the whole thing flowed really well.
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I l o v e poetryyyyy
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I know this story was soooo goood!
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Aw, thank you!
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Hello there!! I just want to say that you did a great job writing this poem!! It was very creative of you to write it in this format!! Love to read more of your stories!!! :)
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Thank you!
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Oh my goodness! Amany this is so SO well written! It's extremely difficult to master the craft of writing in the horror genre, especially when using such few words but you did it fantastically! I don't know if this was a conscious choice or not, but writing a poem with a rhythmic cadence tends to work well for horror. The reader immediately falls into the rhythm, creating an aspect of hypnosis which layers another dimension of fear within the text. Amazing job!
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Thanks so much! Oh, wow, glad you think so! Thanks again!
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Wow, Amany! A long poem here! So meaningful, and this portrayed a humourous streak to it!
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Yup! Thanks so much!
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:)
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Oohoohooh, love the new bioooo! Thx for including meeee 😊 Ohhhh and I saw on Wattpad you are officially part of the KotLC fandom! YAYYYYYY NOW THAT YOU’RE READING MY FAV SERIES WE HAVE SO MUCH TO DISCUSS— oki, oki, calm down Aerin. Any who, what book are you onnnnn?!?!?! Oh and also...just so you know...I’ll be pretty much ditching all my websites during NaNoWriMo. So I’ll hardly be on Reedsy or AP (not that you’re on AP). I’ll be on the NaNo website, tho! And anyways I’ll be writing the wholeeee month to finish Color Quest Book 2! (I wrote...
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You're welcome! Hah, okie. Still on the fourth, I'm reading other stuff rn. Aw noooooo. (no way that's awesome)
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Hehe. Ooooh, oki. Noice! Lol sorry/thankssss :D :D :D
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AHHH! IS THAT LOUIS PARTRIDGE? HE'S SO HOT!!!!
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OMG I KNOW RIGHT *sigh* literally he's better than cedric diggory and that is SAYING SOMETHING.
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ikr Louis Patridge is way hotter...
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*sighs for the 300000000th time* agreed
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So how are you? How's school and everything? Are you doing virtual?
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well i just found out Louis Partridge has a girlfriend like a few hours ago so that ruined everything...not like i had a chance lmao I'm too young and ugly but anyway.... school is goooddd I've been getting good grades so yayyy. yeah I'm doing completely virtual. still PUMPED ab the biden win, hoping America will go into 4-6 week lockdown so that the pandemic can be controlled. sucks he won;'t be president until Jan thoo
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I am sooo impressed with this and the fact that you maintained an ABAB rhyme scheme throughout. It just... flows. Looks like Rhonda might have some competition 😉 (I’m just kidding please don’t kill me) I thought the horror was subtle enough to make the reader think “holy crap who is this guy” and it was never too heavy-handed. It made me want to read on. Good work as always!! 😙
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Aw, thanks so much! HahahahhHHAHAHAHAH. I'm so glad! Thanks!
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No problem! And btw, is that guy in your profile pic the one who’s gonna be in the new Dune movie or am I thinking of someone else?
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You're thinking of Timothee Chamlet I believe. My pic is Louis Partridge. :)
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LMAO forget I said anything 🙊
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That's wonderful, Amany! So creative and so well-written....and so poignant. I came away feeling so sorry for the poor ghost. I really loved that unique perspective and voice you provided. What a joy to read!
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Thank you so much! Glad you liked it!
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This was a nice story/poem ya did ^^ I'm not that good with horror or anything like that either, but i think you did a good job with it, maybe i could help you with anything horror related if you do it again? 10/10 :)
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Thank you ^^ I don't know, we'll see! Thanks so much :D
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No problem ^^ what did ya ever think of these prompts? maybe the newer ones later will be better ^^
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Ya know, I didn't like them at first, but they sparked a lot of ideas. Hopefully! I love the ones that say start with the first sentence of blank.
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I hope the new prompts are stuff for spooky month ^^ like completely for it, because there was only 1 or maybe 2 prompts for spooky month in this one
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Drum, violin, or saxophone. Except I hate math.
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Hm I think you're violin :)
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This one's for you. What kind of swimmer are you? The flyer: Big-boned and expressive, has short hair if female and long hair if male, wants to add to their collection of ear piercings, drives big cars but not very well, is always the first in the water and the last out, the life of the party/team, always smiling and joking even right before a hard set, hates the coach with a passion but hides it well, has a bunch of superficial friends but lacks a heart-to-heart one, a little aloof just because he's good-looking, the flyer is bright and ...
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Well I'm not too sure actually...hm...
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I'm a freestyler if anything, but none of these quite fit my vibe. ;) If ya want to know what my (exaggerated) vibe is, check out Rhonda's bio. I saw she was doing board games, so I HAD to write one for chess. XD
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I saw that! I wrote my bio around some people I already know, and the backstroker is me, sort of.
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Ow man! I'm impressed with this. I love poetry. I saw poems within stories before ( in reedsy), but what you did is, absolutely awesome. Keep up the good work
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Wow, thanks so much! Gosh, thank you!
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I love this! Your poetry was creative and well put together. Your rhymes were in a beat. Poetry is a very hard thing to do, but you did wonderfully!
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Thank you so much for your kind words! I appreciate you :)
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WOAH AMANY!!! this is so so good I'm really impressed. It has really good flow, which I love. also I really really like ur new profile pic :)
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Thanks! As does everyone lol
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Hi. Loved your poetry it was great. I don't read poems much so I don't know much about them. But I certainly love this one Just wanted to let you know. I think i did as much as I could to spam your account so that you could see the yellow dot. 😜
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Thank you! Aw, thanks! Haha, I could tell, thanks!
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Your welcome!. 😊 My pleasure. 😇
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Amany- I have one thing to tell you. Just one. Hear me out. Okay? I love your profile pic. It's marvelous. It makes me cry every time I see it, sure, but it's simply beautiful. :)
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She should be convicted for murder (she knows what she did, love you Amany). Yes, Ria. I'm a ghost after setting my eyes on it. You cry and I die — it's the way of the world.
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dude noone compares to Louis
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Hey, i could use some help with a new story. are you possibly good at writing stuff in second person? i could use some advice?
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I'm not great at overall advice, but maybe you can look at the couple of my stories that use 2nd person and sorta just see what I do? A Second Shot and Royal Mystery are my stories that use it, hope they help
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So, do ya think i'd do something like this then? "Your little cousin was always a strange kid, ever since he was around three years old. He was always telling you about his little 'imaginary friend' whenever you would be babysitting him. Though you had never expected any of this to happen, and on Halloween." I'll check those out as well ^^
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That actually sounds really cool B! Tell me when it's out!
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itll be out later today ^^
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Noticed your profile picture...:)
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;)
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Hey Amany, Great story! I honestly get bored reading some stories because they have TOO MUCH DETAIL, but this was PERFECT. It was simple yet awesome! HEHEHEHEEEEE Upvoting spree for upvoting spree HEHEHEHEHEEEE
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Thank you so much! Yay! HHEHEHEHEHEHE I'm sorry but I'm super busy this weekend. HEHEHEHEHEHEHE
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HEHEHHEHE ITS OK HEHEHEHEHEH
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Ay girl, haven't talked to you in a while, lol. How is everything?
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Also, holy crap, this is good! I can't- How?! Lol, this format seems like a poem, so I'm going to assume that it is I guess? Great job, this feels so full of emotion! :D
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This is so good! It gives me a very eerie feeling, which I’m guessing is what you wanted to happen. 10/10
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Thank you so much!
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Anytime :)
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