If Life is a House

then I am just a guest living in the room

poised high above the garage

and no one else is near.

If life is a house

then who chose these decorations

clinging to every inch...

nothing is clear here.

Is it broken and divided?

Sturdy and tall?

Duplex or single family?

You don’t want my answer.

If life is a house

then I am just a guest living in the room

wandering from vacancy to vacancy

playing not a key part at all,

a supporting character in my own story.

If life is a house

I would share it with you I think,

there’s another room down the hallway.

I would put you there if I could,

will you give me the chance?

Is it broken and divided?

Sturdy and tall?

Duplex or single family?

I might change my answer.

If life is a house

will you help me decorate?

Change the lens

and maybe the paint

but definitely the pillows.

If life is a house

it feels less empty now

you’re barely moved in though,

will you stay a while?

If life is a house

if life is a house

if life is a house

you make it a home

- Samual Curtis