Ghost

It is a beautiful cemetery, small and compact, a private family place of rest with an old chapel that splits the burial plot into two but is tightly locked and bolted at all times against the visitors from the city.

The plot is situated at the side of a country road, in a dark valley and surrounded by woodland, and it is not a welcoming place for strangers.

However, the stories of ghosts from this country churchyard are rife throughout the land, and the stories instill fear intothe very souls of those who delve deeply into the paranormal world.

Many visitors have come to this lonely place in search of the woman in white. The ghost of a mother who lost all her children and now searches for their restless souls.

In the dark of night, she has been seen on the road by unsuspecting drivers who are traveling too fast through the trees and are approaching a sharp bend in the street. Legend says that this strong woman, this white lady, has saved countless lives.

I have set foot in this famous graveyard, both day and night, when the owls fly silently by and the bats swoop and dive, hunting for prey, and sadly, I have not had the pleasure of the company of this fine young lady in a white gown.

But this is maybe not entirely true.

I stopped at the chapel on a hot summer day with friends eager to see the famous graves, and we walked among the stones, stopping and reading the inscriptions. The sun was beating down, and we took photographs of our exploits, and in one, just one picture, there arose a white mist of equal proportions to a human figure.

Had we met the lady in white, had we been in her presence, but only to find out hours later as the picture appeared on my monitor at home?

 I believe we did.

But it’s now a few years since our experience, and we haven’t returned to the chapel in the dark valley or the gravestones surrounded by trees. 

We have left the good lady to search in peace for her lost children, and we have left her to save the lives of speeding drivers who have no thought for themselves.

I hope this dear woman will soon find her children, and they can rest together for all eternity.

Based on a true story.

i wrote this quite quickly for my blog on Medium. I’ve been neglecting it for the last few days, and really wanted to get something uploaded. On completion, I really liked it, and thought, well, it’ll look nice on the website.