Self Retained

Continuous residence imparts secrets.

Every wood grain known by worn sight
Patterns dance lazily across soft carpet.
Feel each breath, rhythmically pulse on
Walls moldy greengrey like etched skin.

Fireplace echoes with tales grown cold
As seasons fly past the shattered glass.
Fleeting thoughts of escape pass along
Each corridor quieting down the dust.

Once owned, shall never be abandoned.

Driveway screams as steel belts it under
Flagstones crack under weighty footfall,
Woodframe sighs as door shudders open.
Invading lives crawl in this sanctified place.

Beckoning stilled memory to burn anew.