A happy home

There was a house

Built on love

Strong in the beginning and

Full

Time weakened it,

For those inside

Lost themselves

In the business of being

Human

The walls cracked

The paint chipped

The flowers all died

The people stayed a while

And as they did

Their smiles fell, and

Their hearts sank

They began to drift mindlessly

Far from one another

Being consumed with promises

Of a more perfect tomorrow

A better love

A more beautiful life

No one took the time

To tend to the house

Their remedy

Was to move on

Rather than fix what 

Had been broken

So,

In came a new family

Who brought love

With them

A family who

Filled the cracks

Painted the walls and

Planted memories

With much attention

The home grew strong

Because they took the time

To help mend the chips and cracks

Of the heart and 

Weed out

What threatened their family's

Beauty