She
is an old house
with shuttered eyes and padlocked lips
her old weathered exterior fades a little more each day
and every storm erodes her foundations, inch by inch.
She is an old house
rundown and weary
no one is left to take care of her gardens
and all the fruit that once grew there
is long rotten.
An old house
who creaks when the wind blows too hard
but does not collapse.
This old house is built well
and will stand a little
longer.
She is an old house
and though her doors are closed
she is
not
yet
vacant.