The brief notes of a silent grief <br />The hollow sound that lies around <br />With the quite smell one can tell <br />That here once rang wedding belles <br />The banter of mates, relatives and of so many others <br />Of aunts and uncles, sisters and brothers <br />The morning radio blared around <br />Now there is no one, not even a sound <br />The situation is very daunting <br />Man living in this house is haunting <br />Once together we celebrated here <br />Smoked, ate, drank some beer <br />But now the hum drum has faded away <br />Happiness that once was has lost it's way <br />The night no more laughter it brings <br />The morning has stopped even to sing <br />The house that was once full of life <br />Resembles a man without a wife <br />The haunting is difficult for me to bear <br />The silence is it's veil that I wear<br /><br />Anuj Tikku<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-haunting-8/