Saturday, March 6, 2021

MYSTERY

The Sunday Muse #150, and we're inspired by a photo filled with mystery.  Submitted March 7, 2021

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 A time capsule with mystery left unsolved. Whose fingers last touched the keys, and did they know they would be the last?  When music filled the house, who descended the stair?  Did they know it was the last time?  Did they leave together, the musician and the listener, lock the door and walk away leaving the stage set for supposition by some anonymous descendant who now holds the key?  Do their spirits lurk in the dust motes in the sun's rays through the shuttered window?  Will the secrets be divulged?

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16 comments:

  1. Susie ClevengerMarch 6, 2021 at 9:24 AM

    Oh I love this. You've captured the questions, the mystery of abandoned.

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  2. Carrie Van HornMarch 6, 2021 at 9:44 AM

    I love the haunting questions that fill your poem Beverly! Gorgeous!

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    1. indybevMarch 6, 2021 at 10:44 AM

      I share your affinity for old and abandoned structures. This is a marvelous image!

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    2. Carrie Van HornMarch 6, 2021 at 2:39 PM

      Thank you Beverly. I hope you have a wonderful weekend my friend.

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  3. C. SandlinMarch 6, 2021 at 10:28 AM

    How long will it take for silence and dust to efface questions and should-be-dones and replace it with once-upon-a-times and whispered mysteries?

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  4. FireblossomMarch 6, 2021 at 1:26 PM

    I don't think they ever will be.

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  5. ✿March 6, 2021 at 5:34 PM

    I love the ending, and this:
    “Did they leave together, the musician and the listener ...”

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  6. kaykualaMarch 6, 2021 at 5:51 PM

    The secrets would still remain with the ruins. It could certainly go in any direction Bev, for the mystery as weaved beautifully here could go easily in any direction

    Hank

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  7. biko kenyanitoMarch 6, 2021 at 6:35 PM

    The first time I read, didn't understand fully. Had to come back. Your approach is interesting. The first sentence drew me in, 'A time capsule with mystery left unsolved.'

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  8. JimMarch 6, 2021 at 8:33 PM

    Maybe their bodies are buried under the basement stairs. Dumped into the well? Or burned with the trash? I enjoyed all your questions, guess they made a clean getaway.
    ..

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  9. Gillena CoxMarch 7, 2021 at 6:59 AM

    These haunting questions keep the mystery alive

    Happy Sunday Bev

    Much💜love

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  10. TruedessaMarch 7, 2021 at 10:23 AM

    A thinking poem that leaves the reader wondering what happened? Perhaps, the secrets are best left undiscovered.

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  11. qbitMarch 7, 2021 at 12:57 PM

    "Did they leave together, the musician and the listener" - great image!

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  12. JadeLiMarch 7, 2021 at 1:34 PM

    You've got the curiosity going with the picture and what has led to it's being in this state.

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  13. HelenMarch 7, 2021 at 8:56 PM

    I am going to need a sequel to your probing questions ~~ lovely write, Bev.

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  14. purplepeninportland.comMarch 12, 2021 at 5:30 PM

    Only if you divulge them! Love this, Bev!

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