Father burned the piano last night.
Ordered it out of the house under
The strain of a regiment of men.
Strong arms lifted the iron stung boards
As they carried it down
To the field, and all I could hear
Was the deathly sound
Of a funeral march thumping
Out the pitiful silence in my ears.
I stood there watching as it burned,
Perched precariously on the pyre.
Last bugle call accompanying
The passage of its rights.
Silence met the sparks that flew
And spat with its last farewell.
And I, with childhood's tears,
Stood there and watched it burn for England.
The memories of my mother's fingers
Tapping the ebony and ivory with her magic fingers
But my father
Couldn't bare to hear it's chords again
Dragging out the memories of my
Mother humming along with its keys.
You could almost have heard her play that night
As the piano crackled with the flames
And put up a fight.
An usual blend of melancholy and nostalgia in a well articulated piece of poetry bristling with emotions. Good rendition of words to utmost justice. Beautiful poem nicely penned from the inner recesses of the heart. Thanks for sharing Shelley. Please have a look at my poem POETIC MASTERPIECE.
I enjoyed this one Shelley. The same story could apply to me except that my mother is still alive but suffers from dementia and always wants to know what happened to her piano.
Thank you. My father had the piano destroyed because he couldn't bear to look at it anymore. My mother was always playing the piano but when my she was suddenly taken from us, it was too much for him.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Lot of hurt in this well written poem. Thanks for sharing.