Do you believe in ghost? Well, whether
you do or not they exist! And I think after reading this you will
agree. Maybe not in the conventional “Casper” kinda way but they
do!
I used to sleep in a bed that had a
slated ceiling that was real close to my head as I slept, and the
shadows that were cast through the windows at night on a full moon
scared the heck out of me! It looked like a giant black ghost! I
would would scream, mom would come turn on the light and comfort me,
explain it and sooth me back to sleep. Imagination had a big part of
the process, but, even what is in your imagination is real. We'll
get into that a little later though.
A woman is raped by a man. I will
spare the details because the act deserves no glorification of any
kind. But This horrific act leaves a scar upon the memory of the
victim of this crime, which bears its ugly image way to often. This
image in many cases becomes a ghost to the victim. An image which
appears to be very real, very vivid and all to often psychologically
damaging, again, not Casper, but a ghost.
A 70 year old man has lived a full life
watching his only son pass away, and only to loose loose his wife of
52 years to cancer. He listened to the doctors a few years back and
quit smocking,drinking, and even stopped eating his favorite apple
pie! But all of this only meant that now he was living a long
healthy life alone. The only time he isn't alone is when he lays
down at night and sits down the empty rocks glass which smelled of
fine single malt. It would have allowed him to drift into a deep
enough sleep that he could see her, touch her, smell her. So he
could hear her whisper softly that she was waiting. Well, could could
do all of this, but he could never take that drink, or drift off into
that deep sleep, because of the voice he heard. It was her talking
to him. She was the reason he stopped everything, and she was the
reason he couldn't start back. The glass of single malt tempted him,
but his love, her voice, and the ghost of her, kept him from doing
anything he wasn't supposed to do.
Some would argue the point that these
could be called demons, deceases, simple dreams or nightmares, or
even ones conscience. They are ghost. Whether in general or
personal. They are by definition GHOST! So I dare argue, as my dear
grandmother used to say.. “My dear boy,Ghost do exist, and like
anything else in life, you just can't let them scare you”!
