Painted House

Painted House

My dream was

to live in a house painted

bright blue,

with cloudy shutters

and a sunny door.

I painted my house

and it reflected the sky back to my heart.

But the neighbors complained

and the town council made me paint it

beige

beige

beige.

Then I realized that

that

was what my dream was

 after all.

Anyway, that’s what they told me.