The Steps Lead Up

Like a tree that's dying

and takes years to fall down,

our neighbor's house now

that the old man is gone who

patched the roof in his 80's

yard now overgrown, 

porch torn off, lingers 

while the walkway still leads up

to the flamingo-embellished screen door.

Our neighbors' old home,

is falling in on itself while offering

its extant welcome.

Ⓒ 2014