Speaking to the Dead

© Julie Ruffell

You can't speak to the dead
with the reason of the living.
Bones don't care for your logic.
Your world of flesh
has long since rotted away from them.
You can't speak of life
to those who are dead;
they will never be motivated as you are.
The dead can only hear the voices of ghosts,
so you must speak to them with a cold whisper