Beneath The stained Glass (12152025)

enter said the door sit on the couch move to the chair don't get too cozy sitting there take a stroll through the house take a seat at the table stare at the carpet on the floor look up take note of the candelabra dangling from the ceiling ponder if to wander further discover the covers neatly folded in the linen closet see thirteen in the wall length mirror in the hallway remember age 13 then look away see the door on the left to the room peer in the bed the two nightstands the window the chair the television leave go in the kitchen stand on the squares see the brown range the yellow telephone hangs on the wall over the highchair flashback to the fall a year after birth the hurt pain tears held comfort snap back leave out go to the rear of the house see the green grass smell the lawn the bushes the strong rooted tree untrimmed burn tone leaves there it is look over there the garage it's open go in recall the time the smell of old dusty abandoned spider webs when a child turned over stones to set the beetles free stand still in the empty space wait there she will appear with the letter a box will appear beside her take the envelope leave the box it contains her sisters things realize there's others coming conceal the matter there's the dog the pet no one pet ran off from neglect forget about seventeen it kills the scene everything fades into the dream this moment is no more to be