I Am My Own Foundation

written after I received news of a very traumatic event.

I am my own foundation

To a house that rises and falls

I make my own construction

Of grand stairways, rooms and halls

 

yet after all I find myself

amongst my house in ruin

with empty belly and drafty home

a winter woken bruin

 

It hurts a lot to lie there

beneath the open sky

with a heavy hurting shoulder

Doing my best not to die

 

yet I am my own foundation

my basement lies un-demolished

its buried meters deep you see

Forever un-abolished

 

And with its use I find the strength

to gather up my gear

Make ready myself for hardened labour

make battle cries to hear

 

for when the house does stand anew

It will be a few inches taller

forever reaching for the sky

and never growing smaller

 

For I have the strength to keep myself

no matter how hard life tries

I will continue growing upwards

Towards the inevtiable

Sunrise

Reviews

[Alice Poppy]

This was beautiful. Reading this I could really get a feel for how hard it is building your house all by yourself, and how important having support is. It flows so wonderfully and just everything about it makes me connect. It's simply wonderful.

[Ookpik]

Thank you : ) at this point in my life I didn't really have much support, In all actuality my house was once again crumbling around me, I wrote this as a reminder to myself that although in life there is disaster, the only way to rebuild my house is to maintain the hope that when I'm finished, I will come out a stronger and better person. Thank you for the review : )