Fear of the dead?

Reflected on afterlife and the fear of the dead.

2012-12-18

And old man in the flat next to me died a week ago.

Tonight I was in the basement corridor,

and it felt like I saw him in the corner of my view

Everywhere I went

A dark, shadowy and scared apparition

Just staring at me

And listening to my every footstep

My every breath

I too was scared

But what for?

What taught us to be so damn scared of the dead?

Something did. And I wouldn't want to know what.

Author's Note

Not interested in grammatical corrections. I'm not editing my older, archived work.