Ghost And... Poem by John Ugolo Umah

The ghost in the room
will sit with you all day long
what a ghost in light and dark!
The ghost of today

the fear of unknown ghost
does this ghost breath?
Does this ghost walk?
Oh! Ghost do appear and disappear

which ghost are you?
Yesterday or today's fear?
Seeking to stay here
don't you have a place to stay?

This is not your place
you belong some where now
this is land of the living awaiting death
foot your feet with others of same kind

Oh! Ghost you do not sleep, why?
Only humans can
so you watch over humans like
they said, the ancestors do?

Oh ghost! Oh spook! Leave
for no ghost company is good
all of you are the same, both black and white
ghost of fear carrying death along

take your exit immediately
follow the steps of your fellow ghost
then a knock at the door from afar
awoken now from hallucinated dream.