A Special House to Me

You might tell me it's just a house A house like any one you'd see But this house is very different A dear and special one to me. Its doors were always open wide And I felt ever welcome there Another place that felt like home Where I did not have a care. I know that I can't remember That day when I first entered in For I was then a little one But here is where it all begins. From that day on it saw me grow Through all the stages that life has T'will ever be a part of me No matter all the years that pass. The color of its walls with time May in my mind begin to fade I may forget how many trees Adorned the yard, provided shade. But I know I'll never forget How this house made me feel inside I felt happy and protected A place where from the world to hide. I'll not forget the memories That to it my life and heart bind The moments lived in that dear house A special place in my heart find. I don’t know the number of stairs Or of windows in all the walls The color of the kitchen floor I may one day no more recall. But I do know there'll never be Another house that is like it Where I feel safety, love, and peace Touch me like a soft, warm blanket. Beneath its roof we laughed and loved For loved ones lost we also cried It was a home that in my mind The word "family" signified. See, it's grandma and grandpa's house This special house I'm speaking of And though today they aren’t here I always think of it with love. And there are things I'll ne'er forget Like grandpa in his favorite chair Waking up to hear their laughter And running up and down those stairs. The childhood games and all the fun That we enjoyed when I was small The coffee smell every morning Oh, how I remember it all. I don’t forget those morning chats And I still feel the chilly breeze That mingled with the sun's warms rays And gently swayed the stately trees. My grandparents don’t live there now But they did for so many years And even though it's just a house I think of it and shed some tears. I glance up toward the grassy hill Each time I happen by that place I sigh as memories fill my mind I see my small and childish face. Grandma and grandpa made it special And though they don’t live there today The past still does and always will No one can take this past away. But I will always wish that I Could one more time its bright rooms see And enter through that door once more Where grandma and grandpa wait for me.

Yusita

~ "Change the world with your pen. Touch souls with your words, and awaken cold, slumbering hearts with the warm, powerful rays of poetry." -Yusita

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