Tuesday, 14 January 2025

Weathered old house

 


This old house

holds cracks in the roofing tiles,

letting the ever flowing

waters of doubt seep in.

Brickwork shell breaks

A little more

every time the air

starts breathing wheezily

Guttering leaks

soaking the pathway

in dripping misery.

 

Warped windows

offer up a twisted view.

The unkind world

throws it all back at you,

more screwed up

than your smeared vision

could ever do.

 

Old bricks

given a new facade,

but underneath

rot still chews up

the insides,

leaving behind

crumbled fragmental bits,

that stick to the pavement

like a jagged bear pit.

 

Old hand-painted sign dangles

crooked, like it has caught its jumper

on the door handle trying to escape,

but inside you can feel warmth

easing through the rooms,

you can taste memories

sifted like flour through

the wooden beams above.

You can smell love

in the perfumed air,

this is a house that cares.

 

The echo

of excited voices

flutter like butterflies

through the window shutter,

Happy to be inside,

happy to be someplace kind.

The deceptive shell

hides so many stories for you,

if you ignore the view

and start to unwrap

its many mysteries.

Outside it reeks of misery,

inside the place

really shares its history.

 

 




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Kyle

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