2022 prompt 4 / hour 4 “ghosts dancing in the forest”
The piano sits now, silent
He moved it out of the house long ago
Couldn’t bear to have it inside
Couldn’t bear to part with it either
It was *hers*
Took it to deep into the forested area, well behind the homestead
There is stays being reclaimed by nature, as all things eventually are
He visits, sometimes with family
His granddaughter comes with him often
The mannequin was her addition and he doesn’t mind
She’s 8 and saw it and thought it was a good idea
And there’s a symmetry to it, to his mind
A broken mannequin, playing a broken piano, on the property of a broken man, who visits because it holds *her* urn
Symmetry is good, he thinks
Best to be ready
So when it’s time his ashes can be put next to her, within the piano
Then their spirits can rise and dance in the forest to the tunes from the ghost piano
She always did love music
Merry – LordCricket 2022 poetry marathon
I love the romantic and poetic (funny that) story you’ve created. . You bring it all together at the end with the plan for his ashes to join hers in the piano
These are just a couple of your perfect lines
A broken mannequin, playing a broken piano, on the property of a broken man, who visits because it holds *her* urn
Then their spirits can rise and dance in the forest to the tunes from the ghost piano
She always did love music