Rooms

At the shore
the lake house door
opens straight onto the water

Night at noon
with the yellow moon
Now swim swiftly
to the ladder

The entry floor
gray and empty –
Underseleeve, feel winter
as a passage appears

Chandelier
set low in here
step around to
a shadowed hallway

Within this home
all these rooms unknown

Which years are held here?
Which adrift and obscure?
Which have gone?

Tally the years
neglected here,
once so consequential
On display
in these rooms
what remains is only
high potential

The upper floors
a warren of doors
and rooms

Which years are held here?
Which adrift and obscure?
Which absconded?
Unaccounted
and truly gone

Tally the years
neglected here,
once so consequential
On display
in these rooms
what remains is only
high potential

Tally the years
neglected here,
now inconsequential
On display
in these rooms
what remains is only
high potential

On display
in these rooms
what remains is only
high potential

Only high potential

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