Shadow Of The Past

The house

Empty for so long

The windows

Boarded and barred

The shingles

Unsound and falling

But upstairs

A shadow

The porch

Broken and decaying

The door

Swollen closed

The lock

Rusted and crumbling

The shadow

Watching and waiting

The garden

Overgrown and unkempt

The couple

Unexplainably drawn

The sale

Sorted rapidly

The shadow

Always watching

The work

Beginning quickly

The decay

Swept away

The house

Becoming a home

The shadow

Still waiting

The scents

Coming and going

The cold

Spots around the house

The moans

Cries and screams

The shadow

Biding it’s time

The terror

Of the night

The noises

Bumps and bangs

The fear

Of a house so loved

The shadow

Reaching for him

The discussion

The decision made

The history

Read and researched

The tears

For a woman unknown

The shadow

Trapped in grief

The room

Restored and renewed

The pictures

Discovered and framed

The love

For the past from the present

The shadow

Released from torment

The house

Again filled with love

Once more…

© S.J Warner 2014.

(Picture sourced from Pinterest).