THE OPPOSITE OF RIGHT................................LEFT(cont.6)
Wake..........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.........
Outside.........standing.........looking through the darkness — it once stood tall.......welcoming all and greeting each new day........straight, clear path to it’s open door for all with warmth, friendship, heart — a protective oasis.......a safe haven — no pretense.......no expectation — simply.......................home.
A step forward — eyes strain to see.......mind open to comprehend.........
sadly, just.........a.........shell — no longer what it once was.....
Even through the gloom, memory of what was and sight of what remains — lingers.......haunts.....
untended.......overgrown — weathered......weakened — cracked.......shattered —
deserted........
abandoned....
how once important....matters not
how easily forgotten....what was
how once meaningful....empties out
how effortlessly left....................................
Even through the haze, simple realization is clear....
it did not need to become this.......
with a little thought........
want............
care.............
kindness.....work.....
a little love --- and.......
a life restored..............
a little at a time and upkeep is so easy......so right......so simple........
yet — none given.................instead — simply left..........
It was more than just.......a house.
Not just dirt and lumber and brick and shingles and siding.....
Not just four walls and a roof and windows and doors and rooms......
It was a place to come to.......for welcome.....for wonderment.....
for eating and sleeping
for talking and playing
for sadness and smiles
for laughter and tears
for good times and bad........
Not just men and women and boys and girls.....
Not just strangers or passerbys or acquaintances.....
Not just a house — not just by blood — not just by birth.......
for these do not by their very being make a family or make a home.........
It was......family......
true friends.....
Sharing and togetherness — Solitude and quiet times ---- Caring and love.........
It was....................................H O M E..................
Outside.........standing.........looking through the darkness — it once stood tall.......welcoming all and greeting each new day........straight, clear path to it’s open door for all with warmth, friendship, heart — a protective oasis.......a safe haven — no pretense.......no expectation — simply.......................home.
A step forward — eyes strain to see.......mind open to comprehend.........
sadly, just.........a.........shell — no longer what it once was.....
Even through the gloom, memory of what was and sight of what remains — lingers.......haunts.....
untended.......overgrown — weathered......weakened — cracked.......shattered —
deserted........
abandoned....
how once important....matters not
how easily forgotten....what was
how once meaningful....empties out
how effortlessly left....................................
Even through the haze, simple realization is clear....
it did not need to become this.......
with a little thought........
want............
care.............
kindness.....work.....
a little love --- and.......
a life restored..............
a little at a time and upkeep is so easy......so right......so simple........
yet — none given.................instead — simply left..........
It was more than just.......a house.
Not just dirt and lumber and brick and shingles and siding.....
Not just four walls and a roof and windows and doors and rooms......
It was a place to come to.......for welcome.....for wonderment.....
for eating and sleeping
for talking and playing
for sadness and smiles
for laughter and tears
for good times and bad........
Not just men and women and boys and girls.....
Not just strangers or passerbys or acquaintances.....
Not just a house — not just by blood — not just by birth.......
for these do not by their very being make a family or make a home.........
It was......family......
true friends.....
Sharing and togetherness — Solitude and quiet times ---- Caring and love.........
It was....................................H O M E..................
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