Haunting Hymn by Linda M. Crate

the dancing wind

ghost hands in my hair

untamed, wild

as i am;

there is a certain sense

of freedom in these pale golden hands

dancing within the magical wood—

the majestic crow greets me

all is good and beautiful

hauntingly silent,

but not in a way that wounds;

just a way that heals

for not every ghost song is wicked—

just as not every human lyric

is good.

Linda M. Crate's works have been published in numerous magazines and anthologies both online and in print. She is the author of five published chapbooks, a micro-chap, and the  forthcoming poetry collection entitled More Than Bone Music (Clare Songbirds Publishing House). She has a novel, also, called Phoenix Tears.