A Once Lived in Home

By francisraymondarevalo

Fri, 09 Aug 2019
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Dust and paper-thin paint,

peeling

ink and wood.

A tear,

a crease

and a half-meant smile

of a portrait

left hanging on an empty wall.

rusted nails and string

do little, save

sway with the heavy wind,

that bellows

warm air

from a once lived in home.

 

  
Certificate U
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Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Just enough left to emphasise the emptiness, and to trigger the imagination to a lively scene once. Rhiannon