The world beyond the veil
The veil not many know
If ye be spiritual
Ye must believe
If ye be not
Ye need only to feel
Do you sense it at times
Do you notice
Those odd things that happen
When what’s even is not given
When one does not pacify
The spirits on the other side…
Gran’s favourite room!
Gran’s finest china!
Once each month without fail
She laid it without question
My child! She would say
When I’m gone, you must do the same
Each full moon
You must soothe the spirits of this house!
I did not believe
But I did it anyway
For her dying wishes
Meant so much to me
And while I did
All was normal
Until I didn’t
Then everything changed…
The walls came alive
Tainted in shadows
The windows rattled
And the kitchen cabinets shook with anger
All the cutlery shattered
All,
Save that finest china
So, quickly I hastened to lay it
Pristine as Gran used to
Appeasing the spectres from beyond!
Other world
Where Ying turns to Yang
Forget Me Not!
Do you believe in the paranormal?
I hope you enjoy this.
Stay safe everyone, stay cautious.
This had an eerie feel to it Jude. Have heard a few such episodes from elders in the family.
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Yeah, it’s something Ive been thinking about. I’m yet to know someone who has actually seen, tho that doesn’t mean that the omens elders interprete are baseless, so I decided to write about it this week. Sadje’s prompt really slotted in nicely
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Loved reading this! The pic has a haunted theme in it ☺️.
I do believe to a certain extent 😊
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It’s hard not to believe, especially if you’re spiritual or religious
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Yeah, and I had a few spooky experiences too. 😅
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Ahhhh Jude better not dis obey grandma’s dying wish..lol..
Brilliant take on the prompt..
I believe that some things are beyong our reason to explain..and not because we cant make a logical explaination that doesnt mean it doesnt exist.
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Yeah, it’s a very gray area. I think there’s some form of paranormal but no idea which one it is
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Its better that way…i love it when thing are just implied..
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Yeah I guess you’re right
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Amazingly beautiful. My grandma use to believe that the spirits of loved ones visit us every friday and she use to make something sweet that day. I never believed it though. But this poem reminded me of my childhood and grandma. Great work 👍🏻
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I know, it’s hard to believe but you gotta wonder where the fire for that smoke began
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I know right. Its just a bit scary to believe and i d rather avoid finding it to be true 😛 .. yes i watch horror movies with my eyes closed.
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Haha, I bet you peek through the lids. Thank you for engaging with this post, I’m grateful
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Brilliant!! I just loved the way you wrote it!!
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Thank you Aashi. That means alot to me
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Wow, just wow, a fantastic take on the prompt ☺☺
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Thank you so much Era
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☺☺
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It’s a haunting photo! But I first thought about it was a tea party! I focused on the china, but reading your poem I looked around and I see that isn’t a party kind of photo!
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It can be, it’s quite a mysterious photo.
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I have no words to tell you how brilliant this poem is. Jude, you have my heart.
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Aww coodles Gabriella 🌼. I can’t thank you enough ❤️
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Write verses like this every day. Enchant me. Mesmerize me. I’ll take everything as a thank you 🙂
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Haha, no pressure right, lol😅
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🙂
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Eerie for sure. Believe?..hmm there’s always a tussle between the scientific mind and the unproven beliefs.
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There’s something about dreams and memory and subconscious that feels like beyond science or maybe on another frequency
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I really enjoyed your take on this image. Paranormal exists, only a few experience it. Thanks for joining in the challenge this week Jude.
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Thank you so much Sadje, the prompt really sat in with my thoughts
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You’re welcome! Appreciate your support for this prompt
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Woow, this is just gives me chills in a interesting way. Good writing.
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Thank you Jackie. Out of interest, do you believe?
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Yes but it’s one of those things, I deliberately refuse to think about
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Ahh. Alright then
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A beautiful expression of haunted feeling!
I’ve heard some interesting paranormal stories from elders in the family. That makes me believe in it too.
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Yeah. On the whole, I think it’s a good thing to believe there’s a spiritual plane
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Nice, nice, nice. There definitely feels like there is a world “beyond” the world mos times. And almost all cultures throughout the world have believed in some form of this. I have believe that is for some good reason. And here and there I think most of us have had some experience with paranormal. But maybe it was really nothing but a normal aspect of the world! Stay safe!
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Thank you for engaging. Personally, I think the dream world itself could be paranormal. Like, why can’t we die in our dreams?
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If you give life to that which does not live… life will emerge.
Enjoying science fiction as I do… I think many dimensions exist. But the power belongs to the brain.
I was watching a VSauce show by Michael Stephens (or Stevens) about placebos. And how several children while not lied to (their parents knew), were lead to believe that a machine was going to help them ease some of their recurring ailments. And just with those suggestions and the power of positive thinking… the children, well in a nut shell help to cure themselves.
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Yes Jules, I totally agree. the mind is very powerful. That’s how an athlete can recover from a 3month injury in just a month
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Well, you know, what Gran wants. This is, if I may say, an impressively constructed poem-narrative.
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Thank you so much. I’m glad you appreciate this
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That’s a spooky tale. I do think rituals have a purpose. (K)
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Haha I’m glad you found this spooky K. Yeah I believe too, that rituals are important especially when it comes to beliefs
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Loved the poem! As you know I do believe in paranormal activity and paranormal stuff in general.
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I’m glad you liked this Pooja. I hope you’ve seen my mail🌼
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Will check on it!
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Oh wow what a tale you have woven here today. You took me away, Jude! Excellent story! Do I believe in the paranormal? It would be ignorance if I did not. There are so many things we don’t even know about and the little we do know, is nothing compared to all of eternity. (smile) xo
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I love the confidence with which you’ve answered this. I too believe but I do want to see a bit
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Glad I read this before dark, lol 😂 Nice job!
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WOW! The words almost gave me goose flesh- powerful imaginary spun into words that haunt long after the reading is done! Loved it. 👏👏👏
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Ahh, this is such an encouraging thought. Thank you so much. I’m glad this left an impression
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