Eerie Nite

The entire graveyard looked as if it had been hit by hurricane .......what~a~mess !

When my eyes grew accustomed to the blurry atmosphere...
I realized the hooded figure was no longer there.
Wolves howling and owls hooting mercilessly.
A skull was clearly visible at the very spot where he stood earlier.
It’s mouth was gawking a small red pouch.
Lying beside was a long-stemmed rose with drippy blood.

I felt chill right through my spines....I didn't know what to do.
But in the next moment something came to my mind.


With guts, I walked towards the skull.
Slowly, I detached the pouch from the skull’s mouth.
I pried open the pouch.

I shoved my hand into it.
And felt something hard and round.
I lifted it ...out....
...........revealed a dazzling ring...
........accentuated with beautiful diamonds
.....which sparkled under the moonlight ray.

I was stunned ...! Oh Gosh..!
I can't believe what I just saw...!


Suddenly, someone tapped on the shoulder.
When I looked up, John was standing right behind.
He was holding an enormous bouquet of white lilies.

He embraced me and whispers into my ears ..
"Ann, will you marry me?"
I was startled for a moment.


Seeking true eternity happiness...and now I've a second chance.

Should I grab this opportunity?


It took me a great ten minutes to regain my composure.

Then, John knelt down right in front of me and uttered...

"Ann, will you be my wife?"

It was indeed a tough decision to be made.

When I finally nodded my head, John was jumping triumphly with joy.

He immediately lifted my finger and slipped the ring onto my finger.

He repeatedly uttered the phrase, "I love you, Ann".
.....and planted a kiss on my lips.


Suddenly, I felt intense heat.
Followed by shooting pain in my forehead.
A sharp object pierced through my head.

“Dear, everything seems to be spinning", I said panicky.
“Everything seemed out of focus. ....I can’t see!”

In a total darkness...I fell into slumber.

~~~~~~

I woke up.
I was lying on a bed.
In the room upstairs…..
Of that dilapidated mansion.

Head so heavy, eyes could hardly open.
My entire body felt so weak.
Numb all over.
I couldn't move a single inch.
As if I’ve suffered from a stroke.


Then, I noticed a pale shadowy figure standing at the door.
He looked like John but couldn't be him....I can't ascertain ....who ?


"John dear . . .it that y...ou ?"

The figure did not have words, no face, no lips...not even voice anymore.
A whisper spreads over the room....

"You did not exist, a lil bit more and you would not have exist at all."

The whisper calmed down.
The pale shadow dissolved in the thin air.

There was NO John, NO diamond ring, NO marriage proposal and NO love.
There never was.
It was all in a dream.
In a mere illusion.
I was truly sorry.
So sorry that I wished it never was.
But then again.
In the frame it was a dream, it wasn't real.
Just a mystical portrait.
So it never was.
It never happened.
As the ghost dream became more pale and pale.
All my hopes vanished. ....

......little by little.