I'm pushed and played, my sides are broken.
my life is short, yet people play me on and on.
I like this torture, my pain is my canvas.
the music goes on, the wind blows softly.
even in silence, I sense being touched.
by the old man,
who has forgotten how to play.
I want to be tortured, to see him be happy.
because no piano wants to be unplayed.
The character could be from a
The character could be from a piano's point of view, OR a person's point of view. However the reader interprets it. And by tortured, the character isn't stating the physical torture. The character is stating the torture in a emotional view. Like being "pushed and played."