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The lovely bones are buried deep
inside the cold and black hard ground,
yet near the beast she always hangs around!
Meanwhile, her loved ones worry and they weep.
A pity they can’t know the ghost of her
now daily plagues her murderer,
because her spirit would not sleep!
Written June 11, 2016 for the TITLES OF NOVELS Contest of nette onclaud
Title used is "The Lovely Bones" (Alice Sebold)
My poetry form rhymes a/b/b/a/c/c/a.
The syllable count from line one to line seven is 8/8/10/10/10/8/8.
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