Santa Rosa Chapter III

With the loss of her two brothers tragically during her 17th year
They moved out shortly after the second death
It was owned several times since
But no one ever stayed long

It’s said that the boys still haunt the house
There have been several exorcisms to cleanse the property
But now it sits vacant
And once Sharon and I held a seance

We fell asleep, she in my arms
She woke up abruptly and told me
“They just came to me in my dream”
She cried till sunrise
I walked her back to her place, her eyes tired from crying
And she was a mess
And her burden was unfortunately too much for me to bear

I flew home the next morning
And I thought about it as California lay so distant below me
Our love had become that same distant feeling
I eventually began seeing someone in Southern California
And Sharon and I stopped talking

She would call me every few years
And tell me how she was
She had begun dating someone in Australia
Who she met online
They tore down the house she grew up
And built a new one
But they were still having the same hauntings
Her father had died
And she wanted to meet in Pacific Grove and talk about everything