The Only Ghost I Ever Saw
Thursday, August 01, 2013
The only ghost I ever
saw
The only ghost I ever
saw
Was dressed in mechlin, --so;
He wore no sandal on
his foot,
And stepped like
flakes of snow.
His gait was
soundless, like the bird,
But rapid, like the
roe;
His fashions quaint,
mosaic,
Or, haply, mistletoe.
His conversation
seldom,
His laughter like the
breeze
That dies away in
dimples
Among the pensive
trees.
Our interview was
transient, --
Of me, himself was
shy;
And God forbid I look
behind
Since that appalling
day!
Emily Dickinson
