Haunted House

By Pragya Sharma

You made friends with the ghosts in my haunted house

Like you already knew you'd be staying longer than just a while

Cleaned the corners, dusted the closet

Hung new curtains, washed the laundry

You bought furniture I didn't know existed

Wrote your name beside mine by the front door

And just like magic, in my dark cold ghostly house

You were sipping warm tea resting on a cosy chair

You seemed content with all the flaws in the roof

Never complained when you were drenched in the rain or scorched by the sun

You loved to play peek-a-boo with your ghost housemates

You showed them all your magic tricks

Little did I know you were making allies and practicing witchcraft

You let loose of the ghosts I had spent my life trying to contain

You had already hid explosives all around the house

With just one flick of your fingers, you burnt it to the ground

You made friends with ghosts in my haunted house

Now ghosts run wild and there's no house

By Pragya Sharma