A/N: This is written for the Mystery Competition, and the word count is 113.

Summary: Gideon Prewitt mourns the gap between the living's reality and the dead's afterworld.


Afterworld


part i
~the reckoning~

For those who missed
the chance to become
a ghost

There is the afterworld
Not the underworld
or above or to the side

But a world that comes after
and hosts
The missing ghosts

. . . . .

part ii
~the meeting~

The afterworld has let in
other souls
besides us

Young and old, beside us
A boyish soul
that matches Fabian

He's red of hair
and brave of heart
but died near the start

. . . . .

part iii
~the missing piece~

While F&F stay here
Near to the after-
-world's fold

I seek out my brother
Not mine but another's
Survivor

Molly dearest, send him after
Where twins may stay
in pairs of laughter