Gretta's Ghost (Lost Spirits In The Living Garden)

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A wealthy family returns to a mansion
That belonged to their inherited names
A rumor lies of magic inside a big garden
No one believed and had no attention
Everyone thought it was but games
For many years no one resided within

Enter a boy along with his mother
Accompanied by a step father
No joy upon the child's face
Why the image a deep disgrace
He feels he would stay alone here
Away from his other life was clear
His parents trying to give him cheers
But no one understand why he has this fear

"Cheer up" she said in an angelic voice
"It's a new beginning" but felt no choice
No one understands the misery he holds
Even he can't explain the sadness untold

(Musical break)

5 nights later, there's someone whispers his name
He wakes up frightened in the abyss of night
"Who is there?" the boy asked the unknown wind
No one had answered the question from where it came
Nothing visible in his frightened sight
Silence spoken again in tears: "Want to be a friend?"

No reaction on what to do the little boy in bed
Is this a dream or reality that's in his head
But the spirit seemed gentle crying in the room
He tried to ask: "why the tears that feels gloom!"

"I've been alone for many years before
No one believed in my existence at all"
"Can I see your face they had to ignore
So that someone may able to ever recall"

The voice turned into a spirit of a child
She flet accepted and now she had smiled
"How do I know that you won't harm me"
She answered: "Grab my hand and follow me"

The boy held onto her hand with tenderness
As the window opens up for the night sky
The stars are shining with brightness
Into the space they started to fly

(Guitar solo 1 + Keyboard Solo)

He wakes up into the next morning
With a smile on his face
Was that a dream with a happy ending
He felt he touched grace

So now, his parents are pleased
But he still felt something bleak
Something about them makes him uneased
For no one he can be able to speak
Why the sudden sorrow on his heart
As the mother felt his sorrow's part
He somehow senses a shadow lurks
When the happiness suddenly breaks

What is he afraid of?
He can't answer his question

(Musical break 2)

Another night comes by
The calling of his name again
Telling him to come to the garden
He asks to the voice why
The ghost has a surprise for him
Can he trust her again on a whim

He follows the ghost into the depth
His heart is pounding feeling fear
Inside the giant bushes he has crept
Suddenly there's a light which is near
There's a hidden circle in the center
Where there are dancing of many spirits
Welcoming the child for that matter
"For we hold a lot of this place's secrets"
They responded to the boy
Now, it's time to enjoy

(Guitar solo 2)

As the dancing has stopped in silence
The ghost approaches the child
"There's a reason of my own presence
I have your trust in your mind
I need to warn you of your own sorrow
He walks among you in a distant hollow
The spawn of hell living among you
Your mother has fallen for grim
Deceived by his charms and never knew
I know that you never trusted him

And our secret... he killed us in our youth
Hundred years from now I must open the truth
He is a spectre reaching for innocent souls
To follow him down to hell as they fall"

"Now, he is here, it's our chance to get rid of him
For we have waited for many years for this moment
We are trapped and we have to destroy his evil
So that our spirits will be broken free and no torment"

"How can I stop him"

"We shall help you... the spirits he has taken
Came back for vengeance"

(Musical Break 3)
(Guitar Solo 3)

The mother unaware for tonight it's the full moon
As the demon prepares behind her back in his room
To take her away down to hell so very soon
The pleasure for his master for souls to be doomed
Awake and worried about the disappearance of her son
He approaches: "Your grim face worries me as well
But I have something special for you to be done
Would you follow me down to the garden then I shall tell"

As she follows him down to the garden
He whispers in her ear to subdue her within
"I, now, reveal the reality of my truth
As I caress your body slow and smooth
I made a special circle to stand for you
Don't be afraid, I have all the love for you"

As the pentagram underneath her feet started to glow
The spirits of the garden hath come to fight the demon
"She shall not go down with you in hell below
How can you love when you live in bitter treason"

(Musical Break 4)

Salvation from the man of shadow
As he started to burn away
Reuniting his mother without sorrow
The night becomes the day

He thanked the spirits that persuaded him to happiness
He asks his friendly ghost: "What is your name?"
"Call me Gretta...

...but now, we have to disappear into brightness
Our time has gone and the demon has become tame
Heaven shall greet us with its ray
As we are forever shall be free"

As the boy and his mother remain together
They stay in this mansion forever

But there's one more ghost to see...

Author's Note

Enjoy

Reviews

[SpokenWord]

This is the first that I had to read your work and I love story poems which is what I would call this. It has the details of a story, a beginning, a plot and a point at the end. It took a lot of trust for the boy to trust the ghost at first but at least in this story it all ended well. I like how some of it rhymed without losing meaning or not sounding childish it instead had an old english accent feel to it. Well done~