Best Mysteryhome Poems
After a business tour
I returned to empty home
Wife and kids had been away
enjoying holiday at her mothers home
Everything was same
TV, Fridge, Oven, Music System
accepting my operating command as before
bed, sofa, reclining chair all comforting my body
Missing was the vivacious vibrancy
of laughter, arguments, silence, love and affection
Walls, curtains, photo frames, flower vases staring at me
Tongue and ears jobless, eyes doubling up for speech and sound
No one to offer glass of water or cup of tea
Breakfast awaiting preparation by me, and eaten too
Lunch and Dinner from menu delivered by hotel waiter
Nightime no one to kiss goodbye, bother for next day wishes
Learned, not that uninhabited homes only haunt
Clamour of near and dear ones is what actually counts
Amidst noise decibels we try to squeeze out some solitude
Like fools among living souls we often seek silence of graveyard
Telephone bell rings
wife and kids indicate early arrival
Suddenly the empty home turns into lively fair
staring walls joyous on early prospect of baby hands caress
Emptiness camouflaging along with feelings
Haunting brick and mortar springing into lively atmosphere
Hated apartment while alone, fool was I to blame innocent structure
Learnt, futile to be in heaven after leaving, create heaven where one is living
(Entry for Members Contest – Empty Apartment by Matt Caliri )