trick or treat

You frightened me last night.

No sooner

had I crawled in under cold covers

then --

there you were

standing in the hall

gazing so intently.

 

As I startled,

 

I realized

that I never heard you

come up the stairs.

 

And then you vanished

without a word

 

Reviews

[Angel Bird]

What a great write - it conjures two scenarios to me - one very frightening with a ghost BOO!!! ...according to the season of course but also another one where the husband/partner comes home late at night, gathers a few things, looks back at his wife/partner says a silent "So long..." and vanishes out of her life...

Only a few words you needed to paint this whole picture - marvelous. I truly like it.

[bob, small b. aka invs]

"people come and go so quickly here"

[Bubo]

Wow........great Halloween piece............and now I am left wondering what it may be..........a ghost, a spider..........or just someone in the home you share........loved it!

[An owl on the moon]

There is generally nothing more frightening than our familiar world being shaken. Here you give us that sense of fear, with hints (cold covers) of who might have been in the hall.. if there at all.. Perhaps just a cold memory awakening for the season.. This just breathes out such depth.

[raining]

wow.

the relationship involved, (showing the relationship in the action of the words) in this poem is amazing, succinct, active and leaves the reader with a very cold and ghostly feeling. this is so put-together. one oif the best you have written i think.

[Alicia Schroeder]

This is great, I love it

[A.A.Romanczuk]

Spooky...a ghost or perhaps a ghostly person...makes one wonder what happened...what was the ghost's purpose....

[Jeff Loquist]

at least I am not the only one who talks to ghosts...whatever they may be...i love this holiday and I love this poem!

[JelliFyshKissUs]

Sounds like my husband. Do you know him? Lol!
Truly shivering in all its mystery.

[TAO]

Ghosts? What a nice treat this is. I think, even before it arrives, my Halloween is complete. Great work, Emily.