Poetry | Autumn 2022

A Home Is Never Alone

by David M. Weisbrod

It is in the genome of every home, not to be abandoned.

To some the cause is never clear, the reasons are quite random.

Falling behind with payments on time makes lenders difficult to placate.

So caught in the flow of economic woe forces folks to vacate.

Then there are those whose time on the planet has long ago been completed.

Leaving no mourners or family behind, the home is left depleted.

But a house, once a home, is never alone despite its crumbling features.

New pathways inside, with the house open wide, create living space for all types of creatures.  

Squirrels take to the attic, termites lay claim to the wood,

and moldy old garden gnomes keep security good,

as the current residents set up house in their new neighborhood.

So even though a house seems left alone, looks can be deceiving.

It’s just a different type of love that it will be receiving.

David M. Weisbrod is taking a break from murder mystery novels to try his hand at short poetic verse.