This House
Pleasing portraits plentiful
in this picture perfect residence
neatly nestled in
silk sheets of
coastal Californian opulence
the gleam of San Diegan splendor
like a coastline of pearls
embracing the Pacific Ocean
I’m the pauper prancing in
the Sultan's palace
adorned in
golden robes that
shimmer under the glimmer of the
Constantinople sun
As the hands of blithe
suavely caress me
reality creeps upon me
like me an armed thief
and uproots me from
the Garden of Eden
this house is not my home
Copyright © Shiraz Bautista | Year Posted 2023
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