Ghosts
Take shape under moonlight,
materialize in dreams.
Shadows. Silhouettes
of what is no more. But
ghosts don't
bother me. The day brings
bigger things to worry about
than flimsy remains of
yesterday. No, spooks don't
scare me.
Gauzy apparitions might
prank your psyche or
agitate your nightmares,
but lacking
flesh and blood
they are powerless
to hurt you-cannot hope
to inflict the kind of damage
that real, live
people do.
