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Four Walls

These four walls have seen it all
Heard the laughs and felt the tears.
Watched our love's winding path
Protected family through the years.

Three beautiful kids played in its rooms,
Each stained wall has a story to tell.
It provided a home to more,
When our eldest dropped her bombshell.

Those times are gone and there's eerie silence,
Damp is rising, spreading rust.
Echoes of history down its halls,
Family portraits gathering dust.

It comforts me in my final breaths,
Familiar smells of food and sounds of cheer.
These four walls will become no more than stone,
Now that my time to leave draws near.

Burrfoot

@Burrfoot

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It's a beautiful piece with a sad/gloomy ending

@sarahgamal ty. Yeah, it is kinda sad, although the old man is comforted by his memories in the house... But they die with him πŸ˜’

Then again.. Nobody else has any benefit in having them so I guess they have served their purpose

I'm with Sarah, mate, πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ but 😒😒😒 Deserves 🍻🍻 though... πŸ‘

@Burrfoot people he shared memories with can benefit though. Ah well new memories are always in the making though

@sarahgamal yeah, I'm with you about new memories.. Was gonna have a final stanza about new family moved in..

@Burrfoot or part 2? 😁

@leelee101 cheers bro, sentiment attached to objects is a very personal thing πŸ˜’

@sarahgamal lol the never ending story πŸ˜‰

Is this an acorn? I'm sure I've read it before or it's dΓ©jΓ  vue it has a real sense of nostalgia love it πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ˜˜

@sjw πŸ˜‚ it must be an oldie! I found it among my notepad but thought it was unfinished so added last bit

I've got so many half done pieced I've lost track what's been up and what hasn't.. I've started titling the ones I've posted to try and keep track

Lovely, and wistful. Sounds like a good life😘

@ckahn absolutely πŸ‘

It's nice to have the chance to read it again 😘

Serene yet bittersweet...superb Mr Burr πŸ‘βœ¨πŸ‘βœ¨πŸ‘βœ¨πŸ‘βœ¨πŸ‘βœ¨πŸ‘βœ¨πŸ‘

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