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when is a house Home ?
by Steve Patterson → (All Poetry by Steve Patterson)
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it's empty
now
but somehow
it's full

oh,
all of the things
are gone
taken by family or friends
sold in a garage sale
given away
or just thrown away
but somehow the memories
stay

the leaky roofs been repaired
the shifting brick wall has been righted
all the cracks have been fixed
fresh paint ouside & in
the 40 year old carpet has been discarded
the original wood floors are still there
even the old refrigrator has disappeared

it was built in 1946
3 years before i was born
it was always Home
even after i was grown
i still came Home
to visit
or to stay when things in my Life were in change
Home was a place to RE-arrange
does seem strange

the For Sale sign is in the yard
that part was hard

Today it's just a house
but It will Always be Home

someday soon
a new family will move into their new home

yes, it's empty now
but somehow
that old house
will always be Home
   

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 Reviews of "when is a house Home ?"
Reviewed by Ed Matlack
Reviewed on July 24, 2005
Hope property value is high down your way...you will need money to live on, ;)Ed

Reviewed on July 23, 2005
A house is not a home,
unless it is filled with love.

Sandie May Angel :o)


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