Home – A New Poem

A house

Alone with no lights on

Air as still as death itself

(But still)

Dead house

Daylight through sheer curtains

Dominion beyond these walls

(Give up)

Mad house

Museum of lives lived and unlived

Mistakes lead to make ups

(Well, try)

Toy house

Trying to puzzle out life

Testing the limits of resilience

(Hey)

Bad house

Betraying good fortune just because

Burying the past in unmarked graves

(Help)

Good house

Galvanizing against the horror

Grief breeds healing

(Here it comes)

Welcome house

Weekends of joy and reverie

Wellness re-enters the equation

(Hello…)

Here it is

Helpful in every way

Home is more than a house

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