Happy Ghost
I hope to die before I wake
with minimal fuss and drama
Wake to find my music stopped
a dead key on life's piana
I would be shocked should it transpire
I was left to haunt the living
All that nonsense turned out true
I'm a spectre mean and moaning
But I would be a kindly ghost
like Casper in the movie
would not become some peeping tom
hide in wardrobes, get all pervy
Now I've come to think of it
a spirit might not be atrocious
I wouldn't need to brush my teeth
could be carefree and precocious
Bandoneon spins
Fibers of pain
Gossamer thin.
And I have danced
Tears off my soul;
Now it lies bare.
Under my feet
Dreams in the dust.
World’s saddest word:
Never.
July 20, 2016 (Posted on Poetry Soup August 27, 2016)
For contest: Best Sad Poem EVER
Contest Sponsor: Laura Loo
4th place
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