Dark House Effect

We've lived here so long Making fairy tales of normalcy Existing in perpetual dormancy Where did God go? Left Him in pews and dog eared passages These are wider passages with nowhere to grow Crumbs still crumble when making breads ends meat I don't find this mete but it still has to go There was never honey here Bees have opted to die in battle and now with sore throat and palpitations I have called on myself to carry this load We've lived here so long that the shadow of our shadows have found place here Left their trace here and linger for as long as we know But this is not home We have been housed Broken into and lived in Unleased and unbought The occupants are now occupied and we have been swept clean and garnished but yet seven more