I agree. The passage of time can be surprising to us, even when we believe we are prepared for it. Do you at least have people who you can celebrate your birthday with?
Hmm... well, one of my favourite stories of the macabre and supernatural is from a foreign poet who excelled in such stories. It tells the tale of a man who is lamenting the death of his beloved, when one night he is visited by a stately raven. The raven can only say the word "Nevermore," and the man becomes fascinated with it, thinking it a messenger of sorts. He begins to talk to the raven, asking it questions about whether he would be reunited with his beloved in Heaven, or whether he will forget his memories of his beloved, and the raven only replies with the word "Nevermore." Every question asked yields the same answer. It drives the man further into grief and despair, and when he pleads with the raven to leave him be, the raven again replies with the same answer and does not move. The poem ends with the raven still perched over the man, its shadow cast over his form, and he claims that he is forever trapped under the looming shadow of the raven, stating that his soul "shall be lifted nevermore."
It is not exactly a ghost story, but it is a tale that is one of my favourites.
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Hmm... well, one of my favourite stories of the macabre and supernatural is from a foreign poet who excelled in such stories. It tells the tale of a man who is lamenting the death of his beloved, when one night he is visited by a stately raven. The raven can only say the word "Nevermore," and the man becomes fascinated with it, thinking it a messenger of sorts. He begins to talk to the raven, asking it questions about whether he would be reunited with his beloved in Heaven, or whether he will forget his memories of his beloved, and the raven only replies with the word "Nevermore." Every question asked yields the same answer. It drives the man further into grief and despair, and when he pleads with the raven to leave him be, the raven again replies with the same answer and does not move. The poem ends with the raven still perched over the man, its shadow cast over his form, and he claims that he is forever trapped under the looming shadow of the raven, stating that his soul "shall be lifted nevermore."
It is not exactly a ghost story, but it is a tale that is one of my favourites.