12.23.2012

"This Morning I Saw A Ghost (True)"


Friday morning I was laying in bed thinking about nothing -- it was my day off work so I was savoring the chance to lay in the dark and just space out. My bedroom's the middle room of a railroad apartment so there's not really any light that gets in there. After I'd lain in the dark for maybe fifteen minutes I noticed a light source in the corner of my eye, one which didn't have any origin I could figure out. I turned and looked. Floating about a foot above the ground was a white shape that roughly corresponded to the human figure (minus lower legs and feet, which just faded off somewhere). It was shimmering the way the video feed on a bad Skype connection does, or really fake early-2000s CGI. Without seeming to take a step it rose up onto my bed and passed over my legs, which instantly went ice cold. Then it shifted, reached out an indistinct arm, and passed through the wall into the next building over. Signs and wonders...