Ghost Girl

Ghost Girl

Every day the girl reluctantly woke, until the day she did not

She rose like every other day

only this day

Her body did not join her in the waking

It was nothing she did

Her body just threw a timing belt or some such thing

She looked at the lifeless shell laying on the bed

Thankful for the blankets

That would cover her nakedness

From whomever came to try to wake her

The dogs were no longer by her side

As if they knew it was only a shell

She kissed them each on their heads

Giving them a little of her soul

Leaving her a bit lighter than she was

She drifted through the house

It was easy now with no body

She just thought about where she wanted to be

And was there

She gave her sleeping son hug

Leaving enough of her to keep him strong

For what was to come

She visited her daughter

And her daughter’s daughters

They all got a piece of her

To keep them strong women

Her parents were next

They needed a piece of her

To carry them through

Until it was their time

She visited her friends and family

Giving little bits

Here and there

She was getting much lighter

Having spread her love

Across many

There was only the smallest bit left

She had one last stop

To the one she promised to haunt

The one that held her heart

He was replying to her text

A reply she would never read

She wrapped her ghost arms tight

And settled her last bit in

She finally had a place in his heart