Something Else Came Through

Mother, I lost you too soon.
There wasn’t time for goodbyes.

Now I’ve called in a medium.
She’s holding this séance for you.

We set a table and two chairs
high up in our dusty attic.

She gently calls out your name,
and then we patiently wait.

The table slightly quivers,
and the floorboards groan and creak.

Several long minutes come and go.
A spirit is making itself known.

The medium is loudly wailing.
Our windows are steaming up.

The lady is wholly possessed,
but her voice is not my mother.

Instead it’s like a banshee cry,
a being I never heard before.

I had hoped this presence was you.
Now something else came through.

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Gary Davis loves all things classic horror. He has published poetry, including haiku, in Aphelion, The Vampire’s Crypt, Tales of the Talisman, Bloodbond, Illumen, Scifaikuest, Star*Line, Tales from the Moonlit Path, Spaceports & Spidersilk, The Hungur Chronicles and a sci-fi anthology, Kepler’s Cowboys (2000-2025). He has also published ten short stories, mostly about Halloween and vampires (2016-2024).

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