by Molly Jo Realy @MollyJoRealy
In the Beginning
Nothing, expanded.
Blueprinted. Released.
Designed and planned for.
In the Beginning
Foundations laid.
Strength. Support.
Far-reaching.
Sun and moon and stars all over.
First
Fresh and new.
Structure.
Water and wood and
Green and blue
Views into the unknown.
Doors to the future
Expanding foundation.
Stairs and guards and patios and cellars
For climbing and protecting
And sharing and hiding.
Second
Learning, growing.
Planting roots, planting beauty.
Adding color, adding room.
Keeping up, trimming back
Filling out, fixing up
Settling in.
Third
Decorating.
Creating, remembering.
Mistakes, majesties.
Fourth
Repairs and hard work
and patchwork quilts
Reaching more
Moving out
Bigger horizons
Wearing down, getting old.
Coming back
Bringing more.
Fifth
Starting over.
History embraced,
Treasures unburied.
Attics and cellars and yards
And shelter
And food
And family.
Welcome.
What a gift it is to paint a picture with words!
I love peoms where it is only one word or a couple word phrases. This was very good. :)
Ahh, the stages of a home. Somehow ours is stuck in stage 2, even though we’ve been here 4 years :)