Ghosts

The Prompt

Convey a deep conversation between two individuals without uttering a single word aloud.

The music is "Ghosts" by Japan

Ghosts

I never believed in God, I never saw any evidence in this world of a Divine presence, and I still don't. I always said when I died, if there was an afterlife I would let my family know one way or another.

Well, it happened.

Totally unexpected, and they didn't know what happened. One minute I went to bed and then apparently I never woke up. My body apparently just stopped working. It wasn't a heart attack or disease, it was just like the power ran out.

Now here I am, disembodied.

There is a coffin with a lifeless body in it with family and friends mulling around the house, talking about me.

I want to talk to them but they can't hear me but when I speak or touch one of them, they shiver and say they think that there is a ghost in the rook and maybe, just maybe it's me.

I always said never put anything off, because you never know what is going to happen, and my family lives by that motto too. We always did things when we could, we called each other when we could and, saw each other when we could.

I know so many people who put things off and know it's too late when things like this happen.

We aren't like that.

They are all talking about the last time they saw me, the meals we had, the concerts we went to, and some that I played at. I try and join in the conversations, and give them hugs and it is funny seeing them shiver.

There are no tears at this wake, though my granddaughter is asking her mum where I am, and he mum tells her that have gone to see God. I don't think that's true but my granddaughter is happy about that.

While initially, this was a shock to me, it is just like any new experience in a new location. I am being a bit naughty by using my incorporeality to walk through my friends and family and give them a cold shiver, and a few of them have remarked on that and said:

"Do you think it's him? Do you think he's here?"

I am sorry I haven't found a way to tell them, yet .....

I don't know if this is temporary, sort of purgatory, before moving on, but there is no one to ask. There are no other ghosts that I have seen, no angels, devils, or signs of God.

So I am just actually enjoying this at the moment. I won't have to get up for work again. I hope I am not tied to this room and building but that is something I will check out after my wake.

I am proud of myself, that I left my friends and family able to to smile after my departure from this plane.

For me, it looks like a completely new adventure, with so many things to discover, I just hope one of those things is to be able to communicate with my friends and family, maybe find a celestial mobile phone or email server.