The Bluff

I found a house nobody wanted,

Splintered and windblown on a bluff…

A few patches would last my lifetime,

I thought at the time, “That’s enough”!

My youth tricked me into buying it,

Repairs were made one board at a time…

I tailored it all to suit my needs,

Then realized the home was never mine.

I shared the light pole with an eagle,

My fish pond was water for the deer,

Windfall apples fed shy coyotes,

Hungry rabbits and crows all year.

A quarter of a century later,

I feel the wind pull the boards apart…

Of the home I foolishly purchased,

Never realizing, I remodeled my heart.