Literature
Just Imagine
Imagine
you're in a house.
This house
has been your home
your whole life through.
You were a child in it,
you grew up in it,
it's where you buried beloved pets,
where you hid your head in a storm,
where you took your first steps,
when you hugged your first stuffed bear.
But your house is falling apart,
it always has been;
the foundation was laid wrong,
but you stay
because there is nowhere else you can go.
You can't fix it,
you don't have the means yet,
and it's still standing -
no immediate threat -
so you leave it as is,
and go on with your life
in your house.
And then,
one day,
a storm rocks your world -
the beams