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
Amany!! This poem was so great!! You are SO good at poems and I wish I could be half as great as you!! This was so creepy and it sent chills down my spine! Great job!!
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Thank you so much, Kylie! Aw, you definitely could be! Thanks!
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Haha, I wish!! Great job! :)
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henyloo, as a person who loves horror, i think you nailed it! Horror is actually difficult to write with fewer words and especially, in poetry. I loved it! And ya know, I was actually reading it like a rap song, trying to make a quick rap verse out of it and it fit so well. You probably should write more poems on here, you're great!
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Thank you SO much ORenda! This means a whole lot to me. Yeah, when I read my poetry to proof read and stuff, I often read out loud, it's more fun. It read like a 'song'. Aw, thank you so much! I will! :D
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Anytime, A! whenever i listen to songs and read the lyrics, i often wonder how'd they look like as poems :n
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hey hey
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heya, how are ya?
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1.) you better write that romance story missy *shakes finger* 2.) new bioo check it out :)
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This was soooo goood! It was instantly engaging from the start!!! I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee poetry so this is wayyyy up my alley!!!!!!!!! That's all thanks -Dizzier Lemon
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I love poetry so this is wayyyyy up my alley!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was super interesting and written in such a marvellous way. It was so engaging from the start and it was well sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good! Thats all. -Dizzier Lemon
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heyyy
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tis me, dear lady. Don't want to take up the title if it was someone else TOO. But, i guess, i took you to a rank higher. You're welcome. Gosh no, please don't flatter me.
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You are such an amazing author and poet! Your works make me want to laugh and cry at the same time, and they are filled with so much emotion! You are also an amazing friend and person, and you deserve every (good) thing that comes your way! :) - Kylie
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Tysm Kylie! <3
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Aww, you deserve it (which I already said before haha!)
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I got a new story out ^^ could ya check out "Sweet revenge" and leave some feedback?
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You've got to be the fastest writer I know...Teach me your secret! Also, of course
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I dunno- i dont think im that fast with all of that. and thanks, I'm excited to see what ya think ^^
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*Ahehhehehehehehehem* I say in ur bio that you were looking for other people's opinions of you, so... (this is basically me being bored and wanting to be a part of SOMETHING so here we go) I think ur cool, an amazing poet (like seriously it SCARES ME how good you are at poetry), THE most talented romance short story writer I know, and very creative and good at what you do! (k that's it. Later!)
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Thank you so much Sarah! Means a lot ^^
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yw!!!
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hey, im not sure if ya asked ya or anything, but do ya think you could help me with a prompt? its the alien one
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hey, so what do ya think about the new prompts that came out today? do ya like them?
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Hiyaa I guess I'm the flute or viola lol
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:)
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Hey, are ya there? i need a bit of help with something and I was wondering if ya could maybe help me?
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I love ur biooo
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I LOVE poetry and I love your poetry! It is truly amazing!
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Thanks!^^
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Hey, i finished with one of my novels ^^
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Oh my gosh!!!!!! THAT'S AWESOME! SO HAPPY FOR YOU GIRL!
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aw thanks ^^ if i published it, would ya read it?
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I don't know, maybe, I don't buy books that often.
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Oh
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