Haunted

Small white ball rolls across the floor

Of an all-red carpeted room

Antique rocking chair

Rocking on its own

Noises like voices in another room

Then the heaviest quiet

Willowy curtains billowing

In an unfelt breeze

Far-off echoes of laughter

Without a first laugh

Faint scent of roses

And old lavender

Shadow across the window

There but gone

Scratching sounds in the wall

A sudden loud thump

Small white ball rolls back again

In an all-red carpeted room