Just 25 when I decided to take the dive
Home ownership was the landing strip
Built in 1924; lots of old charm to adore
Americas dream or so it seemed
The house was old and had spots of mold
With the price tag, all I saw was gold
4 bedrooms were large and it had a garage
Basement gets water; I thought just seal around the border
Bathroom was offensive; clean up - inexpensive
Kitchen was the worst; I’d tackle that first
Let’s just say the list went from bad to worst
My 1st house was cursed…
Owning a house was not so simple
Fixing it up took a toll on my mental
Having an open mind and vision were essential
Now it’s a rental with great income potential
Lay
I bought a chandelier
and built a house around it
It was one of a kind
and heavy too
it reminded me of a castle
So I took it home
put it in the attic
because
there was nowhere to hang it
It had to have space
to hang
It needed room
to be seen
So the house was built
to house
the chandelier
And now it hangs in the foyer
of my home
And my home
hangs like the chandelier
over my head
In the storm of a creator’s inspired landscape
Spirit appeared as though since ever
Its invisible droplets of essence
Embedded in all recipients
Allowing for an errant notion of knowledge
A house without a blueprint
Spectacular in its presence
Boundless in its multiple expressions
Renewing itself without instruction or direction
Other than its own survival
The house the Lord built
That introduced the concept of choice
That begot notions of individuality
That illuminated the capacity for self-aggrandizement
That shed light on definitions of difference
That ignored in Whose Universal image all definitions belong
That enabled His light to become apart
So that only those who understood and sought
Could reach for its encompassing warmth
Thus subjugating even Him
To otherness
A choice
it is not what a...
house looks like on the outside....
but it's the love that flows within....
that makes a house a home...
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