Build a House | A 100 Word Story

#351 National Poetry Month – 30 Days 30 Poems

They built the house, brick by brick,
Laid the foundation over years of heart break.
Doors to let the good times in,
Windows to shut the evil out.

But the windows shattered over time
And sickness blew in like the setting of a thousand stars
The house needed work but the people inside
Creaked with age and an unfinished frame.

She died before they finished the house,
So hammered and nailed and cried tears
Then he dropped his tools,
Bid the house farewell
After so many years it could no longer hold him
Without her, living inside was a lie.