Poetry

Monday, 30 October 2023

Brick by brick

 What does my building say about me?

A Church, an apartment

Or you might live in a tree

An Italianate, baroque palatial frieze

A facade on the cards or

a post office parquet


You might live in a bank

And call it Art

You might be a river rat

And think that you're smart

Does living in a vault mean you are at fault?

Or down by the green meadows

Not mean you're ever in shadows

For do we choose our homes

Or do they choose us

Each is a road to Rome

It is do it or go bust

But is it all as capricious as the wind

Torn by time and trust

Dumped down by the tempest

Having circumstances thrust upon us

Well wild is the wind

In the corner of the park

Wild winds blow chill in

The foreign country's dark

But run from your home

Or stay still and rust

It's all just a rolling stone

That gathers no moss


And happiness is a home

A home is where the heart is

Comfort and some bliss

On the road to Rome


Look out for your pension

Don't worry about inflation

Negative equity and property booms

On the Road to Rome

House price increase

Mortgage decrease

Only in a blue moon

How about not thinking

doom and gloom?


In the parking lot of common sense

Where the council takes its recompense

And even woodland elves help themselves

To the goodies on the shelves

Greed and self-reliance

Blowing hot air over vipers

Of envy and jealousy

And competing neighbours


And every day seems like a fight

But though I know that don't seem right

It's what makes the winning and the losing

An end in themselves

And so petty rivalries from conclusions

Drawn from some imagined illusions

Of another's backstabbing collusion

Should be vanquished like the night


Yet when truth shines on a light

As I know in my heart it might

Despite all dark forces of might

That bear the shadows of night

I cross my finger and the road

I just keeping carrying this load

Just wish to let go but don't

Because I believe in the light


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