The Freak-Out Ghost

I’ve long been pondering suicide,

My life is such a mess,

I thought to try on the other side,

It couldn’t be worse than this,

I’d always been such a coward though

My pain threshold is low,

I wondered how I could kill myself

With just one simple blow.

I didn’t fancy to cut my throat

There’s such a lot of blood,

And somebody has to clean it up

They’d curse me, as they should,

A gunshot straight to the head would put

My brains all over the wall,

And everything would be grey and red

With a blood-spray in the hall.

So I considered a poison pill

And a quart of Mister Beam,

That might just happen to fit the bill

For a death, both quick and clean,

But where would I get a poison pill

To accelerate my death?

I’d hate to die when I’m feeling ill,

Fighting for every breath.

I’d pondered on it so very long

That it quite obsessed my mind,

And I began to see shapes and figures

From some other time,

The ghosts of others who’d gone ahead

And done the evil deed,

Were poisoned, shot, or their throats were cut

When their own lives were in need.

They seemed to come when the clock struck twelve

Just on the midnight hour,

That’s when the demons that rot in hell

Can demonstrate their power,

They kept on coming to egg me on

To get on that fatal bus,

‘You need to do it, it isn’t wrong,

You can join with all of us!’

They almost had me convinced that I

Could drown myself in the sea,

Or pick my favourite river then,

One that appealed to me,

They said to drown was a pleasant death

I’d drift away in a dream,

And none would know that I’d killed myself,

It’s an ‘accidental’ theme.

The next night there came a stranger to

This ghostly neighbourhood,

Trailing festoons of river weed

And covered in clods of mud,

His face was twisted in anguish and

Such pain, that now I see,

Why I have suddenly changed my mind,

That freak-out ghost, was me!

David Lewis Paget

Reviews

[A Soap Mess Stories]

Very good twist to this tale. Loved reading this.

[Coyote Poetry]

A very good ending to the tale in the poem. I liked how you led to the realistic places and thoughts. I liked the use of ghost learning. He accomplish his mission. Thank you David for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[T.S. Sky]

I love your stories. Very cool.

[Valentine]

You Brat. You had me nervous and then laughing at your clever ending. Another good write Mate. Valentine

[KT-B]

brilliant! loved every word of this funny but dark poem - :) like a great song I want to hear this one again and again.