haunted, a warning

she died
a tortured harrowing death
the coroner
a man lacking emotions
wrote suicide, on her death certificate
sleeping pills had given her the sleep
she had craved for
a peace and tranquility
she had only dreamed of
forsaken and alone her only companions
were her disturbing memories
tragic, and disquietening
no one seemed to understand
or care
and now she lay dead
and now she would think no more. or so she thought.
she woke up
she could not feel a thing
she was numb
bar the tide of emotions
that wept from her soul
she screamed, yet her scream was silent
and went unheard
the chill of terror
trickled in an icy anticipation
down her spine
she shivered
suddenly realising she was still dead
yet some invisible force
caused her to re-enact the terrors of her past
her ghost screamed screamed again involuntarily
she then sensed a presence
lurking nearby
a moving dark shadow
it turned toward her
she was now face to face with evil
she now wanted to scream
yet this presence prevented this
and forced her to laugh instead
not a normal laugh
but a hysterical maniacal screeching laugh
that sent shivers down her lifeless spine
she now realised
that this evil
had somehow been the cause of her death
she now heard another noise
her brother and sister in law entered
they were both wearing black
and sobbing
her brother switched the lights on
the evil switched them off again
her brother flicked the switch again
again it was switched off
then suddenly without thought
she began wailing
as she found herself
floating toward them
she could see the look of terror
on their faces
as her ghostly image approached them
and although they had just attended her funeral
their sorrow was very quickly replaced by terror
she suddenly awoke
covered in vomit
with an empty pills and whisky bottle
by the side of her bed

by Jemia