Haunted

My crumbling walls groan and complain
The ivory gleam is now turned to grey
No steps on my dusty floors
No one sleeps in the musty bed
I feel alone and desolate
Deprived of the splendour of the elder days
My baleful halls... an ode to decay
The piano still plays itself
That off-key melody
That makes the shadows dance and boil
In that frantic ball
Shelter of the nameless gods and ghostly shades
The wild moan of wind warns I shall not be dwelt in…
…in the starless... dismal nights...
... I am... haunted
The garden grows wild
The ivy crawled and hid all the gates
And pallid blooms of rancid scent
Took place when roses withered away
The abyss of nightmare lurks in each hole
And things unseen behind every door
But I cannot help but miss
The laughter of children
Oh come again... cross the fence... to play with me
(Hide and seek)
All the yearning sins and secrets I may keep
Still invoke and build that hideous fantasy
Ah everyone knows... I am... haunted
And centuries run...
This rotten core will never fall down
Laid my foundations deep in the ground
Defiant and silent I shall await....
While everyone says...
I am... haunted