Ghosts<\/b><\/p>\n
I am almost afraid of the wind out there.
\nThe dead leaves skip on the porches bare,
\nThe windows clatter and whine.
\nI sit here in the quiet house. low-lit.
\nWith the clock that ticks and the books that stand.
\nWise and silent, on every hand.<\/p>\n
I am almost afraid; though I know the night
\nLets no ghosts walk in the warm lamplight.
\nYet ghosts there are; and they blow, they blow,
\nOut in the wind and the scattering snow.-
\nWhen I open the windows and go to bed,
\nWill the ghosts come In and stand at my head?<\/p>\n
Last night I dreamed they came back again.
\nI heard them talking; I saw them plain.
\nThey hugged me and held me and loved me; spoke
\nOf happy doings and friendly folk.
\nThey seemed to have journeyed a week away,
\nbut now they were ready and glad to stay.<\/p>\n
But, oh, if they came on the wind to-night
\nCould I bear their faces, their garments white
\nBlown in the dark around my lonely bed?
\nOh, could I forgive them for being dead?
\nI am almost afraid of the wind. My shame!
\nThat I would not be glad if my dear ones came!<\/p>\n
— Fannie Stearns Davis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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