Waiting at table,

Linking hands in the darkness, Spirits are summoned.

The table vibrates,

Rapping rings throughout the room, Revealing their fears.

The Planchette moves,

Ever untouched, shivering, Then flying on board.

Smoke rises, grey fog, Spelling impending forecasts, Menacing intent.

Blackened spirit clings, Unintentionally caught, Much like a disease.

Camping in the night,

Young hikers, seeking a fright, Until the screams start.

Sleeping bags cover,

The zip rises, ghostly pull,

Nocturnal monster, time trapped.

Veers angrily forth, Clinging to young life, open, And follows them home.

Depression sets in,

Dragging sensation smothers, Mediums are called.

Trapped in past time,

Killer stuck by heinous crime, Poisoned wife with lime.

Her screams trapped in time, Buried beneath the forest, Old graves by old church.

Where souls cry from plague,

Portal between worlds; trapping, His demons live on, clinging.

Begging for release,

After their omens foretold, Return to the site.

Summoned once again, By the leading medium, Shown the path beyond.

He releases the boy,

Plague victims gloomy escape, And his wife rises.

Sorrowfully cries,

Centuries of suffering, For vengeful sins.

As he poisoned her, She poisoned him; her spirit.

Flames scattered his heart.

Sinking, shallow grave,

Haunting each other for years, And haunting others.

Her wizened corpse glows,

In a spiritual form, Becoming human.

Bitterness evolves,

His black shadow looms over, She reaches for him.

She reaches for him,

Touches with true forgiveness, Her soul is released.

Lime kept her as his,

Stilled her passions forever, But she is released.

Finally escaping,

Heart-broken he sinks, calling, Never to return.

His prisoner in life,

A prisoner in death, lost, Helplessly alone.

Spirits’ glow abates,

He is in darkness, they watch, The living seers.

He turns irately,

Swiftly darting, legless form, Quick penetration.

Lead medium gasps, Her slick body pulsating, Collapses in sleep.

The young are now free,

Weighty depression lifted, Spirits returned home.

Life resumes as before, Life moves forward, far away, Medium is trapped.

Aged institution,

Baffled medics tie her there, Arms tied safely.

So self-destructive,

A danger to sanity, Speaking in voices.

An exchange, payback,

Her life for his lost, loved wife, Ghost slays in her soul.