The Two Skeletons

Everyone has two skeletons.

I can see them.

The first skeleton is the one everyone sees; the human body. The second one is something that only I can see. Every person has a skeleton following them, like a shadow that’s invisible to most human eyes.

It differs in size from person to person. Older people tend to have a larger one, kids normally don’t have any but eventually, when they get older, their second skeleton appears. There are a very rare few who don’t have any. They should count themselves lucky.

Sometimes, I happen to glimpse the second skeleton reach out to the first in a deathly touch. I can tell you, it is never a pretty sight.

I have my own second skeleton but I can’t tell when it will use its bony fingers to grace my body.

What is your skeleton?