Why
do people
return as ghosts?

Spirits
have assured me
we’ll get a final chance
to make up for the lost time…
to read all the novels
we never opened,
or listen to the symphonies
we most adored,
and visit the backrooms
of art museums
in search of hidden beauty.

Roberta Beach Jacobson is drawn to the magic of words–poetry, puzzles, song lyrics, flash fiction, stand-up comedy. She is the editor of Cold Moon Journal.