Dining Room
Have you forgotten my worth and escaped from my elegance?
Its seeming my china has lost all our relevance.
Do I not shine like the bulbs illuminating your stove?
I’m near, yet lonesome; I’m a deeply secluded cove.
Yet I promise, I promise I gleam with potential.
Lord knows that my cupboards store all your essentials.
You’ve ripped me apart and modernized my elements,
I try and I try yet fall short of lost sentiments.
Pass through me again; I’m a shadow to you.
My walls have no meaning, my wooden floors, no value.
My trim is still silver, my mirrors still shimmer.
Untouched, in mint condition I am; without holding one single dinner.
Are you blind to my power? Unfazed by such decor?
Once you loved me. I know it. Have I changed since before?
Or, is it you who’s remodeled after your chicks cleared the nest?
Is my vacancy a mere symptom of your pained, empty chest?
Your dwindling numbers drained me, that’s it!
Six, five, four, three and soon only two will sit.
I’m a symbol of heartache; the ones come and gone.
Withdrawal is the case for which my drapes have been drawn.
Oh, please, I beg of you: resummon the pack.
Just grant me this wish for the memories we won’t get back.
For soon my china will be boxed; soon this odyssey will start over.
Let me serve one last purpose before I’m just a Dining Room to a new owner.