Who took down the pictures?
\nRemoved the furniture?
\nWhere is the smell of a kitchen,
\nclothes in the closet?
\nBooks culled to a few volumes?
\nNot a trace.
\nWho could know who lived here?
\nTalked to the walls?
\nWatched shadows fill in the corners.
\nWonder what they were saying.
\nThere’s nothing to tell me.<\/p>\n
Things dissolved over the years.
\nNothing left to smile or weep over.
\nIn the garden a broken chair
\nwhere someone sat and watched.
\nDestroyed by earth and time.
\nScrolls written in the trees,
\nrain, drought, hard times.
\nIn the end signs of ash and fire.
\nNot a note as to when or why.
\nAn unlocked house
\nopen to the weather,
\nstill,
\nwaiting for the last storm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Who took down the pictures? Removed the furniture? Where is the smell of a kitchen, clothes in the closet? Books culled to a few volumes?…<\/p>\n