Steven Ogg Instagram – In this house
lives doubt- questioning all.
Hopeless, scarred and down,
occupying three bedrooms.
Inspiration maintains the lawn,
but is never allowed inside-
its residents laugh
from the door and windows.
Painful memories
paces the master bedroom;
moaning/anguished throughout the night.
Soaking in the tub-
scabs floating in the bloody water
candles burnt out
a cacophony of a broken accordion.
Sadness-
in all its melancholic glory
lurks around the basement.
The door of this house
always open to me
beckoning me in
to live•to visit•to rest
I mow the lawn
all around it.
These days-
just an ice tea from the kitchen
or a cat nap on the couch
refusing to long term it-
maybe a night or two
but the strength•resilience
to run the fuck out
whenever I feel myself
getting cozy in a room
in the house
is the hospitality I prefer today.
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