At night
The ghosts
Start knocking
I hear them
Hiss my name
I clutch my
Rosary beads
Closer
Not knowing
What to say
There are dark
Shadows
Crowding
The door way
It's dark but
Those shades
Are darker still
A flash of light
A ball of dust
It is not a
Loved one
Taken from us
I bury my head
In my comforter
And ask God
To make it end
I remember my
Home is my sanctuary
And the the knocking
Stops as fast as it
Began