Open Your Eyes by Shirley Smothers
Open Your Eyes I had been feeling sad and lonely. I decided to go back into the past and visit my childhood home. When I arrived, my sister, mother, and…
No. 5 · Harvest Time
The Price of Freedom
A ghostly image of a soldier stood in the background, as a mother with a babe in her arms stood by a grave site. She lowly…
No. 6 · Salem Cemetery
A Happier Time
Kathy is on her hands and knees scrubbing the kitchen floor. It seems like she has been doing this for years. Her back aches. And the…
No. 6 · Salem Cemetery
A Ghostly Poem
I faintly hear someone say we are here at the cemetery at Inwood, Indiana. I open my eyes and what do I see? Ghost to my…
No. 7 · Ditch'em
So Very Alone
My name is Susan and this is my story. When I was nine years old my parents and I moved to a rundown farmhouse. This house…
No. 8 · Crossroads
The Mirror
When I first moved to Indiana, I lived in Indianapolis. Unfortunately my resources were limited and I had to move to a bad neighborhood. My rental…
No. 8 · Crossroads
Darkness and Light
My Mother, Sister, Brother and I check into a hotel room just a few miles outside of Inwood, Indiana. When we enter the room my Dad…
No. 9 · Tracks
Are We Alone?
Twenty-two years ago I had an epiphany. Actually a dream, but the implications were so grand I have to call it an epiphany. I was given…