No Bones

I will speak frankly
and make no bones
that on Halloween
I avoid certain zones.

I feel disinclined
to visit a graveyard
as unexpected ghosts
may catch me off guard.

I'm told it's well-known 
that spirits will grieve
at the midnight hour
of a moonlit Hallow's Eve.

Nothing is more unnerving 
than to see an apparition
who moans and writhes,
shedding tears of contrition.

But if the truth be told,
I admit that I never have
witnessed a penitent soul
rising from its grave.

So, perhaps, we ought
to make a distinction,
between myth and legend,
reality and fiction.

 
© Luigi Pagano 2025