I am not scared of the dead. I am scared of the living. I am scared of broken bones. Of the way they curl my skin like pages torn from an old book, simply by slicing my flesh with their words. I have felt enough for this life and the next. I have no fear left for the deceased. For the ghosts of those past. They hold no power over my mortality. But the living- they have stabbed and ripped and cut like I am an animal ready for consumption. I am not scared of the dead. I am envious of their peace.