Animals In The Night

I lived in a haunted house once. 

But the ghost there was nice. 

He liked to sing.

At night, especially when it was stormy out, I would see him float around. 

And hear him.

Once, I tried to talk to him. 

I crept into the living room, where he always was.

He looked at me as if I was the ghost.

I asked him "Are you scared of me?". 

He said "No. 

But You should be scared of me.". 

"Why?" 

"Because I am a ghost."

"I'm not though." I said. 

Then I felt the need to add "You seem nice is all."

I think this was disappointing to him

He kept looking at me for a moment.

Then he slowly lowered his eyes to the floor.  

Very quietly, he began to sing again.

His voice  sounded like animals in the night.

"What are you singing?" I asked. 

He looked back up at me and said "It's a sad song."

By Timothy Poovey