01-10-2018, 03:13 AM
1113 Tolkien Lane
These undusted corners earned
our thanks for giving comfort
in exchange for unfamiliarity
and our worried conversations
as momentary tokens.
The heights we dated
on my doorway were a listless
brush's stroke away from being
beneath forgetting's glaze of white,
like storm clouds blowing over
yesterday's blue sky.
Though brushes
can't paint over when and where
my four-legged best friend had
collapsed and died, or when
my mother first brought my sister
to this darker place, the absence
of furniture and markings should
be enough for the succeeding owners;
it was enough for us.
These undusted corners earned
our thanks for giving comfort
in exchange for unfamiliarity
and our worried conversations
as momentary tokens.
The heights we dated
on my doorway were a listless
brush's stroke away from being
beneath forgetting's glaze of white,
like storm clouds blowing over
yesterday's blue sky.
Though brushes
can't paint over when and where
my four-legged best friend had
collapsed and died, or when
my mother first brought my sister
to this darker place, the absence
of furniture and markings should
be enough for the succeeding owners;
it was enough for us.