Whispering Walls
“Can you feel the soul of an abandoned house,
can you hear the whispering”...by Constance La France
An old, abandoned house touches the heart
its walls whisper of the lives it once held
though pillars and stairs now crumbling apart
lingering stillness stirs a mystic spell
as it yearns for those who long ago dwelled
Children's laughter echoes in nursery
their toddling drawings still hanging on walls
Gone are dinners, dances, lights strung in trees
walls sigh with memories, as darkness falls,
shivering with cold, the emptiness calls
In walls' whispers, I hear their plaintive mourn
their loneliness felt in the splintered wood
in rose-hued wallpaper faded and torn
shells of their dignity, once bold and good
their whispers only by wind understood
May 25, 2023
for "Writing Challenge - C Quotes" poetry contest
by Constance La France
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