I looked at him and saw nothing. No hair nor face, hands, and feet were missing, too. Just an outline was all that existed. But, I felt his presence. His warmth wrapped around me. A soul I could not deny.

How long? he asked. How long have you been waiting? the spirit looked right through me. An eternity? I nodded my head in silence. Has it been in fear or love? again, silence.

These days of waiting. Long days into night. Death insight. Looking through to the other side, but scared to make that jump. It is the leap of faith, he said to me. Letting go of this world and entering a final destination where troubles are cast aside and love abounds, invisible arms reached out to me. Make that jump, he cried. Do it.

Asleep for so long. Wanting to see. To walk again. Overcoming death in this life. These dark days. Where hour upon hour the flesh is toyed with. Evil lurks.

But in the valley, it is green. New beginnings, the ghost whispered. Your days of longing will be over.

Will they? I thought. Will they? If only I could take that leap of faith.