Grandma's Ghostly Lace
living with a ghost is easy
sometimes scary
a bit hard on the nerves
at times but lovely too
I have been doing it for years now years I tell you
ever since grandma went or should I say didn't
you see I inherited all her things sadly some got sold
but I kept many including her lacy dollies
and her lace shawl
her old favorite chair
an antique china cabinet
with her tea cups and collectibles
oh, how she loved her collectibles "now be gentle dear"
I recall her saying to the little girl that was me
all
those
years
ago
after grandma's funeral (where I read the eulogy)
I felt a presence in my nest my home I really did
but brushed it off . . . at first
then, one day a friend who thought herself a physic
visited
she stood in the center of my living room eyes closed
for the longest time.... I wanted to say "are you okay?"
then, turned to me suddenly and said you have a ghost
I gulped I DO! . . . NO, she said you have TWO!
she walked right over to the grandma's chair
where the lace shawl hung on the back
she is right here watching you and she has a cat
A CAT? ... I said yes, a calico cat
I did not know what to say
you see... my cat patches who recently died was a calico
well, I was not that shocked as me and grandma
had a special bond always
and I also did with my old calico girl
now, often I will hear the china cabinet open (at night)
and in the morning the tea cups and collectibles have moved
sometimes the chair will creak and was that a ghostly meow
the rolling of balls and the squeaking of toy mice
and find the lace shawl in different places
but I love my ghosts both of them I really do
and would have it no other way . . .
sometimes, I bring the chair a cup of tea (she never drinks it)
I even talk to the chair (never sit in it though)
I know that sounds silly
but I swear, she is listening
NOT THE CHAIR grandma-
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Edited from June 5, 2016
Poetry/Free Verse/Grandma's Ghostly Lace
Copyright Protected, ID 06-1397-137-05
All Rights Reserved, 2016, Constance La France
Submitted to the Premiere contest Ghost Lace (new or old)
sponsor, Chantelle Anne Cooke, Judged 10/16/2021
Third Place
Copyright © Constance La France | Year Posted 2021
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