They Say Ghosts Come To Visit When We Dream

They say ghosts come to visit when we dream They step into the mind of those they love As naturally as the flowers that grow As a cold hand slides into warm glove I like to think no pain now touches them Those folk of air that walked with us in flesh All burdens set aside, , , all woes laid down As when death sucked away their living breath They say ghosts come to visit when we dream Three nights my father visited my son As if to say, prepare yourself, beloved, Your reel of life is very nearly done I know more ghosts upon the farther shore Than living people, it's a fact of age The anchor loosens and the roots float up I flit between two worlds, to disengage With both- the pull grows stronger to the dark No hunger now for fame to leave its mark