What Makes a House Haunted
What makes a house haunted?
What makes a haunted house haunted
is a question I often ponder.
Is it because it’s abandoned, on the verge of collapse
or because it’s where ghosts like to wander?
I wonder if it’s because of the way that it looks
that earns it a haunted house label.
Is it the dingy brown siding, the missing front door
Or the mysterious death of poor Mabel?
Or what if it’s just the address it has
That gives it a haunted house tag.
Is it the number 13, the name of the road (Cemetery)
Or because its home to a black cat and her hag ?
I often imagine it’s the sounds that it makes
That give it the haunted house name.
Is it the old creaking floors, the rattle of doors
Or because the dead are just playing their games?
I guess to get answers to all of my questions
I’ll have to get up the courage to find
An empty old house that’s missing its door
And pray its inhabitants are kind.
Copyright © Cathy Strackbein | Year Posted 2022
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