Questions for a Pink House in Cinque Terre
Pink house on the cliff
amongst other multicoloured ones
kissing each other like honeycombs
When you open the green shutters
and greet the morning
do you touch the rock
on which your house stands
Do you wonder at the strength
of the stone to support all these homes
and do you worry you might tumble
into the waters below
Do you watch the walls
turn red at sunset
and do you bless the reflection
of the water on the windows
And when the glow of the sun
hits the stones of the cliffs
do you gasp in gratitude
at the grandeur of it all
Or do you notice nothing
except when the exterior
needs painting and the plumbing
is problematic as would be expected
in a house standing
for a thousand years
I should like to live where you do
snuggled amongst your neighbours
see what you see,
climb those steep steps
breathe the sea air
But alas
here I am
in an eighteen year old house
in a mere hundred year old village
I belong here
I belong there
C 2.2014 Helen Bar-Lev
Link: http://www.helenbarlev.com/
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