A HOUSE IN RUIN by Ann Christine Tabaka

A House in Ruin

Walking past the old dwelling,

looking in through doleful eyes.

She is an abandoned house,

tenebrous windows, crumbling

walls. Visions of the past haunt

her rooms, as she combs through

the disarray. A dark shadow

lurking in the closet evokes images

of some forgotten past. Peeling

paint, chipped plaster, her joints

are creaking hinges. Her mind, a

cobwebbed attic peppered with

incoherent words. She wades

through the rubble of her own

demise. A house that has stood

the storms of time. Age demands

its toll. Turning to walk away, the

once beloved house is left in ruin.

* Originally published by Literary Yard, March 2018 *

Ann Christine Tabaka has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize in Poetry, has been internationally published, and won poetry awards from publications. She lives in Delaware, USA. She loves gardening and cooking. Chris lives with her husband and two cats. Her most recent credits are: Ariel Chart, Page & Spine, West Texas Literary Review, Oddball Magazine, The Paragon Journal, The Literary Hatchet, The Stray Branch, Trigger Fish Critical Review, Foliate Oak Review, Better Than Starbucks!, Anapest Journal, Mused, Apricity Magazine, The Write Launch, The Stray Branch, Scryptic Magazine, Ann Arbor Review, The McKinley Review.

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