Something that scares me, for Izy's out of standard and Hallowe'en

At the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, Izy's Out of Standard this week invites us to write about something that frightens us, preparatory for All Hallows' Eve.

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Ernst Josephson
"Woman dressed in black"
1881

who are you?
why can't I see your face?
I see your black dress,
and the blood-red of the wall.
I see your hair,
your high collar,
your black veil,
show yourself, I beg you...
I cannot see your face!
why do you sit there
staring at me
through your half-formed eyes?
why can't I hear you breathe
through your half-made nose?
why can't I hear you speak
through your half-mouth?
who are you?
why can't I see your face?

http://youtu.be/pALSKcWcVEk

This poem was inspired by my problem eyesight and also by a song I probably heard first in the late 1950s when it was recorded by Lefty Frizzell. The song was covered by many singers after Frizzell, and the one I remember best was Johnny Cash's solo version. However, the above link will take you to the first night of the Johnny Cash Show in 1969, when Johnny sang it as a duet with Canada's Joni Mitchell.
No matter who sang it, the song itself didn't particularly scare me, but the chorus frightened me when Johnny Cash sang it. Something about that voice, that got under my skin, right down to where I live.

"She walks these hills, in a long black veil.

 She visits my grave, when the night winds wail.

 Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows, but me."