This Old House

Our love grows old
and will be condemned soon.
Cracked glass
tinkling underfoot
like a forgotten toast.
Creaking timber
taken slowly by
ignoring all the
invisible infestations.

Ripped, yellow wallpaper,
covering a powder pink dream
with hints of white-washed
wall beneath: a story in layers of
self-defeat.

Blistered shingles
we left to rot
beneath the season’s beatings.
Swollen pipes,
we never cleared,
now moan at night.

The foundation was never even,
they say.
Black letters peeled,
fallen away. But after all,
we allowed the decay.

7 responses to “This Old House”

Hobbo

cracked glass tinkling underfoot like a forgotten toast…excellent imagery (again) !

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you, kindly.
  
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johnlmalone

I love this extended metaphor poem and that terrific painting that goes with it; one thing that draws me to your writing, it is never bland, insipid. I try for that verve, freshness in my writing too; the original draft of ‘the albino’ was flat and uninspired, so I jumped in and energised it

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Very kind, John. I crave the new and that fuels my inspiration. I guess I’d add by new, I mean anything I haven’t experienced or learned about before, which can be things from the past.
  
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-Eugenia

Excellent imagery and I enjoy your writing style – very unique.

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you so much. That’s very kind, and I’m glad you enjoyed this poem.
  
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  1. -Eugenia
    
    My pleasure!
    
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