Ghost

The Ghost

The spectral creation
divine vibrations
calibrated in the experience
attested as true by lovers of truth
in ancient world commenced
not merely in the idle sense
of children or madmen or fools
a necessary notion
of the thin and subtle substance
residing in that space
betwixt God and us
Not a life as such
but an essence of life
a residue of the dead.

Call it a ghost if you will
A spectre, a spirit, an apparition
A familiar human game
An activity of the sane
To place a name on a thing unknown
a reality attributed
assigned in imagination
the image clear
the true idea unclear
A fear no nearer

Is it a thing that must be
Because the universe demands it
to be?
Or that the idea of the universe
demands it to be so?
That perfection must contain the
subtle substance
in that space between us
and God
Not a life - as such
but
an essence of a life