Thursday, April 12, 2007

I am a house.

I am a house.
I am your house.
You grew up within my walls
I knew every secret every lie
You could examine the world through my eye.

Then one night I heard the gun shot
It rattled my walls but I kept you safe inside
I protected you as long as I could
Then you learned the truth.

You left
You didn’t want to see me
I hated it you stayed away for days
You made me feel like it was my fault.

It wasn’t me you hated but someone who once lived inside me.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is a really good poem!! I even remember it from when Mrs. Muhm read them. Very good work.

Your Teacher said...

This is heartbreaking and beautiful, Threasa. That last line is superb!

erich said...

this poem is very addicting, it paints a clear picture and awsome (but sad, which isnt bad)story in my head.i love the way you arrange your words.

Threasa said...

This poem makes me sad cause it about true things.

LBH said...

I love it! An unexpected twist at the second stanza. Keep it up!

Smitty Werbenyegermanjenson said...

I wondered whose poem that was when Muhm read it. I loved it... It's so good and it totally makes me visualize everything.

Heather said...

nice job I love the poem...keep writing kk