| ABANDONED HOUSE The four fading pictures may take a few minutes to download. Please be patient and read the poem while you wait. |
| Did fragrant odors fill the rooms As happiness dispelled the glooms? Were words of anger often spoke Or was it blessed with kindly folk? |
| Did bright fires blaze in open hearth As family gathered round in mirth? Did loved pets scamper to and fro As kith and kin watched children grow? |
| I gaze at you with sadness now And hang my head in humbled bow. I feel your sorrow...sense your loss As memories to the winds are tossed. |
| Words & Pictures by Barbara A. Duits Copyright 2001 |
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| What life once filled these lonely walls? Did laughter echo in the halls? Were tears of joy and sorrow shed? Wee babies stalling time for bed? |
| Did sunrise stream through gleaming pane Where gaping holes now fill with rain? Outside where weeds and wild trees blow Did once sweet peas and roses grow? |
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| The house stands empty, cold, forlorn, With sagging walls so tired and worn. It seems so frail there...so alone... Like aged soul whose heart has flown. |
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