~House For Sale~

Four bedrooms three baths, this house is for sale
custom designed to the smallest detail
and loving thoughts driven in with each nail

and the time and trouble it took to pick
the very finest of fireplace brick

the walls hold the echoes of laughter and tears
of the family who loved here for so many years

in moments of quiet, you can still hear the noise
made by the tussling of two little boys
as they argued and fought over their toys

you can still see the dad, watching the game
from the sofa...he cheered his favorite team
and the mom in the kitchen, mixing and chopping
coffee pot perking and toaster 'a' popping

outside in the woods, wildlife abounds
birds in trees, chipmunks scamper around
sometimes there'd be a family of deer
you can tell by their tracks in the snow...
they'd been here

    

but there's too much space now, with the children grown
and living in places all of their own
so this beautiful home, designed with such care
and lived in so well but showing some wear

is looking for love from somebody new
to replace the family, within it which grew
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