Of ghosts and ghosts stories I read of and hear <br />But I don't fear the dead 'tis the living I fear <br />'Tis only the living can take human life <br />By bomb or steel bar or by bullet or knife. <br /> <br />That the dead cannot harm one does seem true to me <br />Such an accurate statement one would have to agree <br />In any graveyard even in dead of night <br />You will find all in there is peaceful and quiet. <br /> <br />The dead cannot harm you despite what some might say <br />They are as harmless at night as they are in the day <br />Respect to the dead is all one has to pay <br />And they will not harm you at peace where they lay. <br /> <br />Of stories of ghosts I've heard more than my share <br />But the dead cannot harm me of that I'm aware <br />Of any deceased person why should one live in dread <br />'Tis the living I fear why should I fear the dead?<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/of-ghosts-and-ghost-stories/
