Dour was stripped
from papered walls
to allow barely getting by
to repaint in yellow.
Love sealed each opening
to keep out impossible
to stay cozy with a
fireplace made of dreams.
Decorated in giggles,
Barbie dolls, and
overdue utilities,
rented hope
became a home.
©Susie Clevenger 2013
Mama Zen at Real Toads
had us building homes.
Comments
I love decorated in giggles and rented hope became a home.
Excellent!
to allow barely getting by to repaint..
to keep out impossible..
rented hope became a home..
Such clever use of metaphoric language.
Love it :)
Only know it as the opposite of cheerful.You poured us a heady linguistic cocktail here. maybe we won't mind helping you with the stripping....